Concert Reviews – Page 17 – Seen and Heard International

Ensemble Connect turns up the heat with an exciting program of contemporary Latin American music

30/01/202530/01/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Ecos: Music of Latinoamérica: Ensemble Connect, Gabriela Ortiz (artistic partner), Martirene Alcántara (visual artist), Leonardo Pineda (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 27.1.2025. (RP)

Music-making of outstanding sensitivity and power from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic

29/01/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Berg, Beethoven, Stravinsky: Boris Giltburg (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.1.2025. (CK)

Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra © Frances Marshall

American Symphony Orchestra resurrects two of C.P.E. Bach’s finest choral works

29/01/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States C.P.E. Bach: Mei Gui Zhang (soprano), Leah Wool (mezzo-soprano), Terrence Chin-Loy (tenor), Troy Cook (baritone), Bard Festival Chorale, American Symphony Orchestra / Leon Botstein (conductor). St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York, 24.1.2025. (RP)

Gareth Flowers (trumpet) with the ASO © Matt Dine

New music demanding much from the listeners is given full respect by Maxime Pascal and the LSO

29/01/2025 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom LSO Futures: Homage to Pierre Boulez: London Symphony Orchestra / Maxime Pascal (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 26.1.2025. (CC)

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maxime Pascal © Mark Allan

Brilliant pianist and beloved friend: Angela Hewitt returns to Wigmore Hall in a glittering programme

29/01/202528/01/2025 by Christopher Sallon

United Kingdom Handel, Bach, Haydn and Brahms: Angela Hewitt (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 23.1.2025. (CSa)

Angela Hewitt performing in the Wigmore Hall © WH

Minkowski and Music of the Baroque take a leap from Baroque to Classical with ‘Jupiter’ and Les Boréades

28/01/202527/01/2025 by Zach Carstensen

United States Handel, Rameau, Mozart: Music of the Baroque / Marc Minkowski (conductor). Harris Theater, Chicago, 25.1.2025. (ZC)

Powerful and exceptional Wigmore Hall concert commemorating the Holocaust

28/01/202527/01/2025 by Marc Bridle

United Kingdom Music in Auschwitz: Commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day, various soloists, Wigmore Hall, London, 23.1.2025 (MBr)

Cellists Raphael Wallfisch and pianist Simon Callaghan © Wigmore Hall

Ryan Speedo Green scores a knockout with his Carnegie Hall recital debut

26/01/202526/01/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Various: Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone), Adam Nielsen (piano). Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 22.1.2025. (RP)