United Kingdom Bach: Soloists, The Bach Choir, London Youth Choirs, Florilegium / David Hill (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 17.3.2024. (AK)
Bach’s St Matthew Passion was a momentous occasion, enjoyed by all
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Southampton’s Mayflower Ensemble champions the music of three women composers
United Kingdom Verne-Bredt, Tate, Beethoven, C. Schumann: Mayflower Ensemble (Nicola Heinrich [cello], Alison Hughes [clarinet], Samantha Carrasco [piano]). Beaulieu Abbey Church, Brockenhurst, 16.3.2024. (CK)
From blips to bliss with ‘Ensemble Connect Up Close’ at Carnegie Hall
United States Various, ‘Ensemble Connect Up Close’: Ensemble Connect, Mia Bermudez, Michelle Di Muccio, Jalyn Gill, Erin Gonzales, Mariano Hurtado (dancers), Eduardo Vilaro (choreographer), Jackie Fox (lighting designer). Resnick Education Wing, Carnegie Hall, New York, 18.3.2024. (RP)
Motley patchwork concert full of variety: the LPO at the Royal Festival Hall under Dima Slobodeniouk
United Kingdom Prokofiev, R. Strauss, Sibelius, Debussy: Martin Helmchen (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 20.3.2024. (JR)
Young Klaus Mäkelä’s quest: rekindling the radical character of Stravinsky’s early ballet music
United States Stravinsky: Orchestre de Paris / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 16.3.2024. (ES-S)
Allan Clayton with Nicholas Collon and his Aurora present exciting theatre and music at its best
United Kingdom Schubert: Allan Clayton (tenor), Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 14.3.2024. (AK)
A haunting, unexaggerated Winterreise from Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida in Berkeley
United States Schubert, Winterreise: Mark Padmore (tenor), Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano). Cal Performances. Hertz Hall, University of California, Berkeley. 17.3.2024. (HS)
Illuminating pairing of Mason Bates and Richard Strauss from Leonard Slatkin and the Vancouver Symphony
Canada Various: Hung-Wei Huang (viola), Henry Shapard (cello), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 8.3.2024. (GN)
