Concert Reviews

The complete list of posted concert reviews

Magnificent Elgar crowns an English Prom from Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [17], Prom 39 – Turnage, Vaughan Williams, and Elgar: Constantin Hartwig (tuba), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.8.2022. (MB)

Sakari Oramo conducts Constantin Hartwig (tuba) and the BBC SO © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Sunshine and glee from the Royal Northern Sinfonia at the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [16], Prom 37 – Haydn, Vaughan Williams, Kaija Saariaho, Beethoven: Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Maria Włoszczowska (violin), Royal Northern Sinfonia / Dinis Sousa (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.8.2022. (CS)

Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Dinis Sousa (conductor) and the Royal Northern Sinfonia

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Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson makes his Edinburgh International Festival debut with the Bergen Philharmonic

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [5] – Ravel, R. Schumann, Rachmaninov: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Usher Hall, 15.8.2022. (SRT)

Víkingur Ólafsson, Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic © Ryan Buchanan

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Musical energy flowed out of the Takács Quartet who are a class act in Edinburgh

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [4] – Haydn, Coleridge-Taylor, Ravel: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes [violins], Richard O’Neill [viola], András Fejér [cello]). Queen’s Hall, 15.8.2022. (SRT)

Takács Quartet

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Strikingly tender Liszt from Yuja Wang, slow-burn Sibelius and sumptuous Strauss from the Oslo Phil

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [15], Prom 35 – Sibelius, Liszt, R. Strauss: Yuja Wang (piano), Oslo Philharmonic / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2022. (MBr)

Klaus Mäkelä © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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