New Zealand Mozart, Jennings, R. Schumann: Jade String Quartet (Miranda Adams and Charmian Keay [violins], Robert Ashworth [viola], James Yoo [cello[), Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand. 5.5.2024. (PSe)
Concert Reviews
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Sunwook Kim’s superlative Brahms rescues an underwhelming Philharmonia Orchestra concert
United Kingdom Wagner, Brahms, R. Schumann: Sunwook Kim (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Alexandre Bloch (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.5.2024. (MBr)
Eroica by Heart: Nicholas Collon’s Aurora defies concert conventions in an unforgettable and heartfelt way
United Kingdom R. Strauss, Beethoven: Tom Service (presenter), Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 8.5.2024. (CSa)
Sad to witness MTT’s lapse of memory with the LSO in the Barbican Hall
United Kingdom Mahler: Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Sopranos and Altos of the London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Mariana Rosas), Tiffin Boys’ Choir (director: James Day), London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Barbican Hall, London 12.5.2024. (JR)
Bruckner in the sure hands of an expert: Manfred Honeck conducts the Philharmonia at the RFH
United Kingdom Liszt, Bruckner: Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Manfred Honeck (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 9.5.2024. (JR)
Gustavo Dudamel returns to the LA Phil with mixed results
United States Correia, Beethoven, R. Strauss: Maria João Pires (piano), Robert deMaine (cello), Teng Li (viola), Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 2.5.2024. (LV)
Unaccompanied but never alone: Kavakos in a transcendent account of Bach’s set of six solo violin works
United Kingdom JS Bach: Leonidas Kavakos (violin). Barbican Hall, London, 2 and 3.5.2024. (CSa)
Sir Simon Rattle’s new partnership with the BRSO yields impressive results at Carnegie Hall
United States [1] Hindemith, Zemlinsky, Mahler: Lester Lynch (baritone), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 2.5.2024. (ES-S)