Concert Reviews

The complete list of posted concert reviews

Iván Fischer and the BFO’s Mahler ‘Resurrection’ was as close to theatre as you can get

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HungaryHungary Mahler: Anna Lucia Richter (mezzo-soprano), Christiane Karg (soprano), Hungarian National Choir (chorus master: Csaba Somos), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Müpa, Budapest, 6.5.2025. (LJ)

Iván Fischer conducting the Budapest Festival Orchestra © Pete Woodhead

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Janáček’s astonishing Mr Brouček gets a wonderful performance from Rattle, soloists, Tenebrae and LSO

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Janáček, The Excursions of Mr Brouček (‘Výlety páně Broučkovy’, concert performance): Soloists, Tenebrae; London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 4.5.2025 (CC)

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in The Excursions of Mr Brouček © Mark Allan/LSO

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

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United StatesUnited 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

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