United States Various, The Village Trip – ‘Village Voices’: Soloists, St. John’s in the Village, New York, 2.10.2026. (DS)
Living composers explore New York City ties (somewhat) at The Village Trip festival
Concert Reviews
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s exciting debut with the Budapest Festival Orchestra
Hungary Sibelius and Haydn: Budapest Festival Orchestra / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Müpa, Budapest, 4.102026 (LJ)
Exciting Tchaikovsky from Emanuil Ivanov in Dublin
Ireland Bacewicz, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Emanuil Ivanov (piano), National Symphony Orchestra Ireland / John Wilson (conductor). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 2.10.2026. (RB)
Change of conductor and main work but still a very fine concert: Salonen and the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Beethoven, Bruckner: Leif One Andsnes (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 4.10.2026. (JR)
Salute to Michael Tilson Thomas by stars who performed with him and the San Francisco Symphony
United States ‘A Concert for Michael Tilson Thomas’: Soloists, San Francisco Symphony Chorus (director: Jenny Wong), San Francisco Symphony / Teddy Abrams, Edwin Outwater (conductors). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 2.10.2026. (HS)
Music and art align in Harvest, Yvette Janine Jackson’s avant-garde soundscape
United States Yvette Janine Jackson, Harvest: Artists of Radio Opera Workshop / Yvette Janine Jackson (conductor). The Nimoy at UCLA, Los Angeles, 2.10.2026. (JRo)
Renée Fleming’s Strauss savvy is unimpeded by the San Francisco Symphony’s dense sound
United States R.Strauss: Renée Fleming (soprano), San Francisco Symphony / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 1.10.2026. (HS)
Cumnock Tryst’s Mozart and MacMillan proves it really is a true ‘meeting place for music’
United Kingdom Cumnock Tryst 2026 – Mozart, MacMillan: Jess Gillam (saxophone), David Childs (euphonium), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Kanako Ito (leader and director), James MacMillan (conductor). Barony Hall, Cumnock, 2.10.2026. (SRT)
