Concert Reviews – Page 181 – Seen and Heard International

Liszt, Scriabin and a Fang Man world premiere deliver a feast of maximalist music

10/05/202206/03/2022 by Harvey Steiman

United States Various: Wu Wei (sheng), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 3.3.2022. (HS)

Sheng player Wu Wei, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony © Kristin Loken

Meeting the Schubert duo at Wigmore Hall

06/03/202206/03/2022 by Jack Buckley

United Kingdom Schubert: James Newby (baritone) and Simon Lepper (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 25.2.2022. (JPr)

The Creation lifts the spirits on the fortieth anniversary of the Barbican Centre

10/05/202204/03/2022 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Haydn: Lucy Crowe (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Simon Halsey), London Symphony Orchestra / Harry Christophers (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 3.3.2022. (MB)

Lucy Crowe, Harry Christophers and the LSO (c) Mark Allan

Overshadowed by world events, Yekaterinburg’s Bach Fest opens with stirring performances

16/03/202203/03/2022 by Gregor Tassie

United Kingdom Bach, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns: Taras Baginets (organ), Konstantin Tyulkin, Platon Gazeliridi (pianists), Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Choir, Urals Youth Symphony Orchestra / Aleksey Dorkin (conductor). Streamed live on Digital Concert Hall from Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Hall, 1.3.2022. (GT)

Aleksey Dorkin conducts the Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Choir and Urals Youth Symphony Orchestra

Maurizio Pollini at eighty: an unforgettable London recital

10/05/202202/03/2022 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Schumann and Chopin: Maurizio Pollini (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 1.3.2022. (MB)

Tamara Stefanovich gives a fascinating tour d’horizon of piano sonatas

10/05/202202/03/2022 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Various, ’20 Sonatas’: Tamara Stefanovich (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 27.2.2022. (MB)

Music-making of compelling drama from the LPO conducted by Alpesh Chauhan

10/05/202202/03/2022 by Marc Bridle

United Kingdom Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff: Daniel Lozakovich (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Alpesh Chauhan (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.2.2022. (MBr)

Ex Cathedra’s premiere of a new Requiem for reconciliation and peace in Coventry Cathedral

10/05/202202/03/2022 by Clive Peacock

United Kingdom Liz Dilnot Johnson: Gabriella Liandu (mezzo-soprano), Rupert Jeffcoat (organ), James Keefe (piano), Kadialy Kouyate (West African kora), various performing groups, Ex Cathedra Choir & Academy of Vocal Music / Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor). Coventry Cathedral, 26.2.2022. (CP)

Liz Dilnot Johnson’s *When a Child is a Witness* at Coventry Cathedral

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