Concert Reviews – Page 4 – Seen and Heard International

A marvellous concert of Bliss and Howells at the Three Choirs Festival

02/08/202531/07/2025 by John Quinn

United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2025 [3] – Howells, Bliss: Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Michael Bell (tenor), Malachy Frame (baritone), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Adrian Partington (conductor). Hereford Cathedral 30.7.2025. (JQ)

Soprano Rebecca Hardwick, conductor Adrian Partington and tenor Michael Bell in *Hymnus Paradisi* © James O’Driscoll

Youthful brilliance and energy abound with NYO2 under Rafael Payare at Carnegie Hall

31/07/202530/07/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States López, Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), NYO2 / Rafael Payare (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 27.7.2025. (RP)

Heyward and Gillam shine in debuts at Cleveland’s Blossom Festival

31/07/202530/07/2025 by Mark S Jordan

United States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [3]: Jess Gillam (soprano saxophone), Cleveland Orchestra / Jonathon Heyward (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 26.7.2025. (MSJ)

Jonathon Heyward conducts the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Music Festival © Kevin Libal/TCO

Pastéis, passion and the ‘Trout’: Verão Clássico’s Schubert Fest in Lisbon

31/07/202530/07/2025 by Laurence Vittes

Portugal Verão Clássico Festival 2025 [2] – Schubert Fest: Anna Samuil (soprano), Stephan Picard, Lena Neudauer (violins), Muriel Razavi (viola), Gary Hoffman (cello), Rui Pedro Rodrigues (double bass), Milana Chernyavska, Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano). Centro Cultural de Belém, Pequeno Auditório, Lisbon, 26.7.2025. (LV)

Anna Samuil singing Schubert with Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro at the piano © Andreia Carvalh

Ryan Wigglesworth leads a strangely disappointing Birtwistle and Beethoven Prom

29/07/2025 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [7] – Birtwistle and Beethoven: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.7.2025. (MB)

Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra © BBC/Mark Allan

A recital by Nico Muhly and Pekka Kuusisto outshone the orchestral concerts in Aspen this past weekend

29/07/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United States Aspen Music Festival 2025 [8]: Klein Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen. (HS)

Conductor Xian Zhang leads the Aspen Festival Orchestra © Blake Nelson

Mellow Mozart and Bruckner from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

29/07/202528/07/2025 by Ken Ward

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [6] – R. Wigglesworth, Mozart and Bruckner: Mariam Batsashvili (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.7.2025. (KW)

Pianist Mariam Batsashvili, conductor Ryan Wigglesworth and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra © BBC/Mark Allan

The 2025 Three Choirs Festival premieres Richard Blackford’s The Black Lake

28/07/2025 by John Quinn

United Kingdom 2025 Three Choirs Festival [2] – Pärt, Elgar, Britten, Blackford: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Betsan Llwyd (narrator), Steffan Rhodri (narrator), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / David Hill (conductor). Hereford Cathedral, 27.7.2025. (JQ)

Soprano Elizabeth Watts, narrators Betsan Llwyd and Steffan Rhodri, conductor David Hill, Three Choirs Festival Chorus and BBC NOW © Dave Hodgetts

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