Concert Reviews – Page 15 – Seen and Heard International

Yamada’s CBSO contrasts different strands of twentieth-century music in a courageous and compelling Prom

30/08/202504/08/2025 by Christopher Sallon

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [8] – Adams, Rachmaninov and Berio: Yunchan Lim (piano), BBC Singers, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Kazuki Yamada (conductor). Royal Albert Hall. London, 1.8.2025. (CSa)

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazuki Yamada © BBC/Mark Allan

Glitter and skill from Bax and Rustioni at the Blossom Music Festival

30/08/202504/08/2025 by Mark S Jordan

United States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [4]: Alessio Bax (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Daniele Rustioni (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 2.8.2025. (MSJ)

Daniele Rustioni conducts the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

Surviving EIF’s eight-hour opening Tavener choral concert proves dubiously memorable

30/08/202503/08/2025 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [1]: (SRT)

The Usher Hall transforms into a sanctuary for Tavener’s *The Veil of the Temple* © Andrew Perry

Christoph Koncz makes a crisp Cleveland debut in an all-Hungarian program

30/08/202502/08/2025 by Mark S Jordan

United States Summers at Severance 2025 [3]: Cleveland Orchestra / Christoph Koncz (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 31.7.2025. (MSJ)

The Three Choirs Festival’s revival of a long-neglected oratorio by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

30/08/202501/08/2025 by John Quinn

United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [4] – Coleridge-Taylor: Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Aoife Miskelly (soprano), Amy Holyland (mezzo-soprano), Martha McLorinan (mezzo-soprano). Mark LeBrocq (tenor), David Stout (baritone), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Samuel Hudson (conductor). Hereford Cathedral, 31.7.2025. (JQ)

No winners, only triumphs at Verão Clássico TalentFest

30/08/202501/08/2025 by Laurence Vittes

Portugal Verão Clássico Festival 2025 [3] – TalentFest Concerts I–III: 50plus players (violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, voice). Centro Cultural de Belém, Sala Luís de Freitas Branco, Lisbon, 24, 25 & 26.7.2025. (LV)

Matteo Fabi playing Kodály at Verão Clássico 2025 Talent Fest © Andreia Carvalho

A marvellous concert of Bliss and Howells at the Three Choirs Festival

30/08/202531/07/2025 by John Quinn

United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2025 [3] – Howells, Bliss: Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Michael Bell (tenor), Malachy Frame (baritone), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Adrian Partington (conductor). Hereford Cathedral 30.7.2025. (JQ)

Soprano Rebecca Hardwick, conductor Adrian Partington and tenor Michael Bell in *Hymnus Paradisi* © James O’Driscoll

Youthful brilliance and energy abound with NYO2 under Rafael Payare at Carnegie Hall

30/08/202530/07/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States López, Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), NYO2 / Rafael Payare (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 27.7.2025. (RP)

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