Concert Reviews – Page 2 – Seen and Heard International

Frederica von Stade joins CMS in the Alice Tully Hall to celebrate Charles Wadsworth

07/05/202507/05/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States R. Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Goldberg – ‘The Wadsworth Legacy’: Soloists. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, 2.5.2025. (RP)

Chad Hoopes (violin), Wu Han (harpsichord), Sterling Elliott (cello) and Francisco Fullana (violin) in Goldberg’s Trio Sonata © Cherylynn Tsushima

Fibonacci Quartet dazzle and move their audience in a well-conceived programme

07/05/2025 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Various, Life & Dance: Fibonacci Quartet (Luna De Mol, Kryštof Kohout [violins], Elliot Kempson [viola], Findlay Spence [cello]). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, 2.5.2025. (GPu)

Long Play Festival’s 100 Tubas move more than music

07/05/2025 by Daniele Sahr

United States Bang on a Can – ‘Long Play Festival’: Various players. Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, 3.5.2025. (DS)

Tuba players in Fort Greene Park for ‘Long Play Festival’ © Daniele Sahr

Boston Symphony’s ‘Decoding Shostakovich’ cycle concludes

06/05/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

United States Shostakovich: Baiba Skride (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Symphony Hall, Boston, 3.5.2025. (ES-S)

Baiba Skride in Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No.1 © Hilary Scott

The quiet mastery of Sean Shibe at Turner Sims

06/05/202505/05/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Various: Sean Shibe (guitar). Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton, 3.5.2025. (CK)

The Takács Quartet at the reopened Frick: lines of continuity

04/05/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

United States Spring Music Festival – Beethoven, Janáček, Brahms: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes [violins], Richard O’Neill [viola], András Fejér [cello]), Jeremy Denk (piano). Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium, Frick Collection, New York, 1.5.2025. (ES-S)

Handel’s Jephtha is presented for the first time in Madrid’s Teatro Real

04/05/2025 by José Irurzun

Spain Handel, Jephtha (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Il Pomo d’Oro / Francesco Corti (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 1.5.2025. (JMI)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra shines under Mäkelä’s baton in Brahms, Boulez and Dvořák

04/05/2025 by Zach Carstensen

United States Brahms, Boulez, Dvořák: Daniil Trifonov (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 2.5.2025. (ZC)