Concert Reviews – Page 4 – Seen and Heard International

The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic give a spectacular concert of romantic works in Edinburgh

10/04/2025 by Gregor Tassie

United Kingdom Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, Schubert: Pablo Ferrández (cello), Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra/ Carlo Tenan (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 6.4.2025. (GT)

Noseda and the LSO make a persuasive case for Shostakovich’s most problematic symphony

10/04/2025 by Marc Bridle

United Kingdom Shostakovich, MacMillan: Nicola Benedetti (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 3.4.2025. (MBr)

Violinist Nicola Benedetti and the LSO conducted by Gianandrea Noseda © Mark Allan

Mozart amid the ruins: classical resilience in Southern California from Melodia Mariposa

11/04/202510/04/2025 by Laurence Vittes

United States Mozart: LA Opera Principal Winds – Leslie Reed, Jennifer Cullinan (oboe, English horn), Heather Clark, Sarah Weisz (flute), Donald Foster, Laura Stoutenborough (clarinet), William May, William Wood (bassoon), Steven Becknell, Allen Fogle (French horn). Presented by Melodia Mariposa, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, 29.3.2025. (LV)

LA Opera Orchestra’s principal winds play Mozart in Westminster Presbyterian Church © Melodia Mariposa

Carmina Burana in Budapest proves a full-on theatrical experience

09/04/2025 by Agnes Kory

Hungary Mozart (selection) and Orff’s Carmina Burana: Soloists, Hungarian State Opera ensembles / Tibor Bogányi (conductor). Budapest Opera House, 6.4.2025. (AK)

Baritone Gyula Nagy in *Carmina Burana* © Valter Berecz /Hungarian State Opera

Ed Hughes’s enchanting Sky Blue opens a thrilling programme from Southampton Concert Orchestra

09/04/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Hughes, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Alison Hughes (clarinet), Jinah Shim (piano), Southampton Concert Orchestra / Paul Ingram (conductor). Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton, 5.4.2025. (CK)

Ingrid Fliter and Alpesh Chauhan in a wide-ranging Vancouver concert that promised more than it delivered

09/04/2025 by Geoffrey Newman

Canada Almashi, Chopin, Elgar: Ingrid Fliter (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Alpesh Chauhan (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 28.3.2025. (GN)

Alpesh Chauhan (conductor) © Marcello Orselli

Aftab Darvashi’s emotional new solo violin work steals the show in Anne-Sophie Mutter’s San Francisco recital

09/04/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United States Various: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano). San Francisco Symphony Great Performers Series, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 6.4.2025. (HS)

Composer Aftab Darvishi and violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter at world premiere of *Likoo* at Carnegie Hall

The RNSO excel in Anna Clyne’s brilliant concerto and Shostakovich’s monumental war epitaph

08/04/2025 by Gregor Tassie

United Kingdom Clyne, Shostakovich: Jess Gillam (saxophone), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Jonathon Heyward (conductor), Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 5.4.2025. (GT)