United Kingdom Mozart, Mahler: Katia & Marielle Labèque (pianos), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov. Barbican Hall, London, 9.3.2025. (CC)
Bychkov’s controlled cacophony in Mahler’s Fifth with the Czech Philharmonic
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Cho and Welser-Möst mix poise and nervous energy to make magic in Cleveland
United States Ravel, Tchaikovsky: Seong-Jin Cho (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 6.3.2025. (MSJ)
A wonderful London recital by Dame Mitsuko Uchida
United Kingdom Beethoven, Schoenberg, Kurtág, and Schubert: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.3.2025. (MB)
A truly satisfying Bechstein Hall recital by Emmanuel Despax
United Kingdom Ravel, Fauré/Despax, Despax: Emmanuel Despax (piano). Bechstein Hall, London, 7.3.2025. (CC)
LPO at the Royal Festival Hall: Fleming’s artistry in Richard Strauss and Guggeis’s propulsive Wagner
United Kingdom Wagner, R. Strauss – Renée Fleming sings Strauss: Renée Fleming (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 5.3.2025. (JPr)
Distinguished Nielsen and barnstorming Rachmaninoff from Daniel Raiskin in Vancouver
Canada Vasks, Rachmaninoff, Nielsen: Alexei Volodin (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Raiskin (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 21.2.2025. (GN)
Violinist Simone Lamsma’s thrilling Brahms with the NSO in Dublin
Ireland R. Schumann, Brahms: Simone Lamsma (violin), National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Shelley (conductor). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 28.2.2025. (RB)
An epic Shostakovich Marathon in Southampton, in aid of Cancer Research
United Kingdom Shostakovich: Jinah Shim, Keelan Carew, Paul Ingram (piano), Mark Cox (trumpet), Austin Lam (cello), Orchestra / Craig Lawton and Paul Ingram (conductors). Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton, 2.3.2025. (CK)
