United Kingdom Various: Hilary Hahn (violin) Tom Poster (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 13.5.2026. (CSa)
French connections: Hahn and Poster return in a Gallic infused evening from Fauré to Tixier to Wigmore Hall
Concert Reviews
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Anointed Andsnes and superlative Stutzmann in paragon performances with the LSO at Barbican Hall
United Kingdom Beethoven, Wagner, R. Strauss: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 14.5.2026. (AV-E)
Veronika Eberle knocks Beethoven’s Violin Concerto out of the park
United Kingdom Beethoven, Benjamin, R. Strauss: Veronika Eberle (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Alexandre Bloch (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 14.5.2026. (LJ)
Moving A Child of Our Time brings a wonderful Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra season to a quiet close
United Kingdom Copland, Tippett: Talise Trevigne (soprano), Anita Montserrat (mezzo-soprano), Joshua Stewart (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Bournemouth Symphony Chorus (director: Gavin Carr), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole, 13.5.2026. (CK)
From the SCO in Edinburgh: two wonderful Ninth Symphonies and Shostakovich’s exploding anarchy
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Dvořák: Steven Osborne (piano), Aaron Azunda Akugbo (trumpet), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh 14.5.2026. (SRT)
Kolossal Korngold and manqué Mahler: Ray Chen, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO at the RAH
United Kingdom Korngold, Mahler: Ray Chen (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.5.2026. (AV-E)
The premiere of a rewarding and expressive Piano Quintet by Joseph Phibbs
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Phibbs, Brahms, Remembrance and Renewal: Noriko Ogawa (piano), Piatti String Quartet (Michael Trainor, Emily Holland [violins], Miguel Sobrinho [viola], and Jessie Ann Richardson [cello]). Hall One, King’s Place, London 13.5.2026. (PC)
Isidore String Quartet premieres Billy Childs’s ‘American Mosaic’ with graceful solemnity
United States Haydn, Childs, Brahms: Isidore String Quartet (Phoenix Avalon, Adrian Steele [violins], Devin Moore [viola], Joshua McClendon [cello]). 92nd Street Y, New York, 2.5.2026. (DS)
