Concert Reviews – Page 28 – Seen and Heard International

Alan Gilbert leads a superb account of Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher

12/06/2024 by Mark Berry

Germany Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher: Soloists, Vokalhelden Children’s Choir (directors: Johannes David Wolff, Judith Kamphues), MDR Radio Chorus (director: Philipp Ahmann), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 8.6.2024. (MB)

Jeanne d’Arc (spoken, Marion Cotillard) and Brother Dominique (spoken, Eric Génovèse) © Bettina Stöss

Leaving the Festival Hall on cloud nine: the Philharmonia’s excellent Liszt, Shostakovich and Elgar

12/06/2024 by Agnes Kory

United Kingdom Liszt, Shostakovich and Elgar: Sol Gabetta (cello), Philharmonia / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 6.6.2024. (AK)

Cellist Sol Gabetta performing with the Philharmonia © Marc Gascoigne

Chineke! scintillate in music forgotten, brand new, and recomposed

12/06/2024 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Sowande, Kinoshi, Richter: Rosie Bergonzi (handpan), Elena Urioste (violin), Chineke!. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 8.6.2024. (CK)

Violinist Elena Urioste performing with Chineke! © Chuko Cribb

Salonen and the SFS extend works by Ravel and Schoenberg with stagings, dancing and singing

10/06/2024 by Harvey Steiman

United States Ravel, Schoenberg: Mary Elizabeth Williams (soprano), Alonzo King LINES Ballet, San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 8.6.2024. (HS)

Adji Cissoko (left) and Shuaib Elhassan (right) in Ravel’s *Mother Goose* © Kristen Loken

Klaus Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic take Vienna by storm

12/06/202410/06/2024 by Laurence Vittes

United States Various: Daniel Lozakovich (violin), Klaus Mäkelä (cello), Oslo Philharmonic / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 6 and 7.6.2024. (LV)

Klaus Mäkelä and Daniel Lozakovich playing Brahms’s Double Concerto © John-Halvdan Halvorsen

Exceptional performances of Schoenberg and Zemlinsky in Vienna’s Musikverein

08/06/2024 by Mark Berry

Austria Schoenberg and Zemlinsky: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Patrick Hahn (conductor). Musikverein, Vienna, 5.6.2024. (MB)

Patrick Hahn rehearsing the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in the Musikverein

BBC National Orchestra of Wales ends its season on an optimistic note in Cardiff

08/06/2024 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United Kingdom Dvořák, Higdon, Dawson: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 6.6.2024. (PCG)

Ryan Bancroft conducts cellist Alisa Weilerstein and the BBC NOW

My Favourite Things: an evening to treasure from Louise Alder, Ben Bliss and James Baillieu

07/06/2024 by Keith McDonnell

United Kingdom My Favourite Things: Louise Alder (soprano), Ben Bliss (tenor) and James Baillieu (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 2.6.2024. (KMcD)

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