Concert Reviews – Page 2 – Seen and Heard International

Apollo’s Fire blazes in dueling concertos to open Ohio season

10/08/2025 by Mark S Jordan

United States ‘Fencing Match, Round One’ – Various: Kathie Stewart (flute), Daphna Mor (recorder), Alan Choo, Susanna Perry Gilmore, Emi Tanabe (violins), René Schiffer, Rebecca Landell (violas da gamba), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). Bath Church, Ohio, 8.8.2025. (MSJ)

Apollo’s Fire led by Jeannette Sorrell © Apollo’s Fire

Beatrice Rana’s fresh performance of Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini wows Prommers

10/08/202509/08/2025 by Lucy Jeffery

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [12] – Dukas, Rachmaninov, Bartók: Beatrice Rana (piano), BBC Singers (chorus master: Neil Ferris), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Josep Pons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.8.2025. (LJ)

Josep Pons conducts the BBC SO © BBC/Mark Allan

Capella de la Torre show spirit in their high-voltage (if quite tiring) Les Éléments in Périgord

09/08/202508/08/2025 by Colin Clarke

France Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [2]: La Roche Baroque [2] – Les Éléments: Capella de la Torre. Église Saint-Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt, Périgord, France, 1.8.2025. (CC)

Capella de la Torre at Église Saint-Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt

A very musical day at Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 begins in a perfect way with La Risonanza

08/08/2025 by Colin Clarke

France Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [2]: La Roche Baroque [1] – Handel and his Contemporaries: La Risonanza. Église Saint-Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt, Périgord, France, 1.8.2025. (CC)

La Risonanza at the Église Saint-Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt

Clarinettist Mark Simpson’s packed programme and Hugh Cutting’s mixed bag at the EIF 2025

08/08/202507/08/2025 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 – [2]: Queen’s Hall. (SRT)

World premiere of Theofanidis’s Siddhartha, She makes a splash in Aspen

08/08/202507/08/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United States Aspen Music Festival [9]: Klein Music Tent, Aspen. (HS)

Sopranist Key’mon Murrah as the Buddha Gautama with members of Kantarei © Diego Redel

A great start to Itinéraire Baroque 2025 from A Nocte Temporis

08/08/202507/08/2025 by Colin Clarke

France Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [1]: Opening Concert, Pyrame et Thisbé: A Nocte Temporis, Reinoud Van Mechelen (high tenor/director). Église Saint-Étienne-de-la-Cité, Périgord, France, 31.7.2025. (CC)

Enigmatic Boulez, dramatic early Mahler at the BBC Proms

05/08/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [10] – Boulez, Mahler: Natalya Romaniw (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), James Newby (baritone), Carlos González Nápoles (treble), Malakai Bayoh (alto), Constanza Chorus, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Hannu Lintu (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.8.2025. (CK)