United States Various – ‘Voyages’: Amina Edris (soprano), Pene Pati (tenor), Robert Mollicone (piano). Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 23.4.2024. (HS)
Concert Reviews
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Something special again from the SCO and Andrew Manze, their new Principal Guest Conductor
United Kingdom Honegger, Ravel, Haydn: Steven Osborne (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Andrew Manze (conductor). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 25.4.2024. (SRT)
Kopatchinskaja’s Everyday Non-sense: might either be unforgettable or you could just as easily hate it
United Kingdom Everyday Non-sense – works by Shiomi, Schmit, Higgins, Mozart, Kurtág, Cage, PatKop, Françaix and Ligeti: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin / voice / vacuum cleaner), members of Aurora Orchestra. Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London, 24.4.2024. (CC)
LACO’s sad last stand at Royce Hall in Los Angeles
United States Skye, Mozart, Beethoven, ‘Horizons: Beethoven + Skye’: Tereza Stanislav (violin), Yura Lee (viola), Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra / Jaime Martín (conductor). UCLA Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 21.4.2024. (LV)
Kochanovsky gives Edinburgh audiences a revelatory Tchaikovsky ‘Pathétique’ performance
United Kingdom Musorgsky, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky: Maria Ioudenitch (violinist), Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra / Stanislav Kochanovsky (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 21.4.2024. (GT)
Sir Andras Schiff and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment sparkle in Mendelssohn
United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Sir Andras Schiff (pianist and conductor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 24.4.2024. (CK)
Underwhelming Verdi Requiem from Vasily Petrenko and the RPO at the Royal Albert Hall
United Kingdom Verdi, Requiem: Miah Persson (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), David Junghoon Kim (tenor), Alexander Vinogradov (bass), Philharmonia Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.4.2024. (JR)
Compelling performance of Britten’s Violin Concerto from Augustin Hadelich and Gemma New
Canada Firsova, Britten, Holst: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Elektra Women’s Choir, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Gemma New (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 12.4..2024. (GN)