United States Various, Parlando Presents – ‘Transient Voices’: Irina Rindzuner (soprano), Mikhail Svetlov (bass-baritone), Parlando / Ian Niederhoffer (conductor). Merkin Hall, New York, 25.2.2024. (TM)
Concert Reviews
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A concert full of pleasant surprises with Sean Shibe and Sinfonia Cymru something like their very best
United Kingdom Various: Sean Shibe (acoustic and electric guitars), Sinfonia Cymru. Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 25.2.2024. (GPu)
Jeffrey Cohan, Susie Napper and Stephen Stubbs pay a delightful visit to the Court of Louis XIV
Canada Various – Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute), Susie Napper (viola da gamba), Stephen Stubbs (baroque guitar). St Mary’s Kerrisdale, Vancouver, 19.2.2024. (GN)
Impressive Wigmore Hall recital of high-class pianism from Yuzhang Li
United Kingdom Beethoven, Rachmaninoff: Yuzhang Li (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 21.2.2024. (MBr)
An intense and thrilling Flying Dutchman in Gothenburg
Sweden Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Gothenburg Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Alevtina Ioffe (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 25.2.2024. (NS)
Chelsea Opera Group’s Lakmé was a memorable experience and the cast had no weak links
United Kingdom Delibes, Lakmé: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Chelsea Opera Group / Matthew Scott Rogers (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 25.2.2024. (CC)
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra give a memorable concert of music that is a reminder of our troubled world
United Kingdom Fauré, Lindberg, Stravinsky, Shostakovich: Pekka Kuusisto (violinist) Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev(conductor), City Halls, 23.2.2024. (GT)
Dazzling Brahms from Fischer trumps the San Francisco Symphony’s dramatic Stravinsky
United States Stravinsky, Brahms: Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Nicholas Phan (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (baritone), Julia Fischer (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 23.2.2024. (HS)