Concert Reviews – Page 4 – Seen and Heard International

A blazing season opener in Cleveland with Zimmermann and Vänskä

24/09/2024 by Mark S Jordan

United States Prokofiev, R. Schumann, Tchaikovsky: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 22.9.2024. (MSJ)

Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Schumann’s Violin Concert with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä © Aireonna McCall-Dubé/CO

Unusual pairing of Prokofiev and Schoenberg from Lahav Shani and the Berlin Philharmonic

20/09/2024 by Mark Berry

Germany Prokofiev and Schoenberg: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Lahav Shani (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 19.9.2024. (MB)

Lahav Shani conducts cellist Alisa Weilerstein and the BPO © Monika Rittershaus

Final Barbican season opener from Pappano and the LSO goes off with a bang

20/09/2024 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Szymanowski, Chopin, Mahler: Yuja Wang (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 19.9.2024. (JR)

Pianist Yuja Wang performs with the LSO conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano © Mark Allan

A miraculous Wigmore Hall evening by The Mozartists, one that will not be forgotten for a long time

20/09/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Jommelli – a celebration: Fflur Wyn (soprano), Ambroisine Bré (mezzo-soprano), Hugo Brady (tenor), The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 18.9.2024. (CC)

Fflur Wyn (soprano) and Ambroisine Bré (mezzo-soprano) © Ben Ealovega

Notes of unity, times of division: Dudamel at the Hollywood Bowl in the shadow of the debate

20/09/2024 by Laurence Vittes

United States Bernstein, Beethoven: Key’mon Murrah (countertenor), Hera Hyesang Park (soprano), Rihab Chaieb (mezzo-soprano), Anthony León (tenor), Dashon Burton (bass), Los Angeles Master Chorale (artistic director: Grant Gershon), Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, 12.9.2024. (LV)

[l-r] Dashon Burton, Rihab Chaieb, Gustavo Dudamel, Anthony León, Hera Hyesang Park, Grant Gershon, Key’mon Murrah © Timothy Norris/LA Phil

Last Night of the Proms 2024: an evening of questionable programming and uneven quality

17/09/2024 by Christopher Sallon

United Kingdom PROM 73 – Last Night of the Proms: Angel Blue (soprano), Sir Stephen Hough (piano), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, BBC Singers, (Neil Ferris (chorus/choir master) / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 14.9.2024. (CSa)

Pappano and the LSO in the third opening concert of their Barbican season and Yuja Wang is not the star

16/09/2024 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Berlioz, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns: Yuja Wang (piano), Anna Lapwood (organ), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Barbican Hall, London 15.9.2024. (JR)

Pianist Yuja Wang and the LSO conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano © Mark Allan

An evening of music by Muffat at the Lammermuir Festival was totally persuasive and really rather lovely

14/09/2024 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival 2024 – Muffat: Concerto Copenhagen / Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director/continuo). St Mary’s Church, Haddington, 13.9.2024. (SRT)

Concerto Copenhagen in St Mary’s Church © Stuart Armitt

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