John Adams’s new piano concerto sashays with flair in world premiere with the San Francisco Symphony

United StatesUnited States Ives, Adams, Orff: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Susanna Phillips (soprano), Arnold Livingston Geis (tenor), Will Liverman (baritone), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (director: Jenny Wong), San Francisco Girls Chorus (director: Valérie Saint-Agathe), San Francisco Symphony / David Robertson (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 16.1.2025. (HS)

Tenor Arnold Livingston Geis enacts the roasted swan in Carmina Burana, as soprano Susanna Phillips flinches © Brandon Patoc

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Intense, all-encompassing Mahler from Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler: Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano), Tiffin Choirs children’s choir, London Symphony Chorus, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 15.1.2025. (CK)

Gustavo Dudamel conducts Mahler’s Third Symphony in Barbican Hall © Mark Allan

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Blomstedt concludes the celebration of Bruckner’s 200th in Berlin with a heavenly Ninth Symphony

GermanyGermany Mozart, Bruckner: Leif Ove Andsnes (soloist), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt (conductor). Livestreamed from the Berlin Philharmonie on 21.12.2024 and available on the Digital Concert Hall. (GT)

Herbert Blomstedt conducts pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and the BPO © Monika Rittershaus

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Batiashvili’s masterful Beethoven and Ticciati’s vibrant Dvořák was the LA Phil’s music-making at its finest

United StatesUnited States Batiashvili Plays Beethoven: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 5.1.2025. (LV)

Violinist Lisa Batiashvili plays Beethoven at the Walt Disney Concert Hall © Elizabeth Asher

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Andris Nelsons commands a memorable performance of Bruckner’s Eighth in Berlin

GermanyGermany Bruckner: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Livestreamed from the Berlin Philharmonie on 14.12.2024 and available on the Digital Concert Hall. (GT)

Andris Nelsons conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra © Lena Laine

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