Concert Reviews – Page 5 – Seen and Heard International

Tradition and experiment: Jan Lisiecki and ASMF at the Enescu Festival

18/09/202514/09/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

Romania George Enescu International Festival 2025 [2] – Various: Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Jan Lisiecki (leader, piano), Tomo Keller (leader). Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest, 12.9.2025. (ES-S)

Jan Lisiecki with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields © Catalina Filip

With van Zweden on the podium, San Francisco Symphony gets feisty with Tchaikovsky and Respighi

14/09/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United States Adams, Tchaikovsky, Respighi: Parker Van Ostrand (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Jap van Zweden (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 11.9.2025. (HS)

Pianist Parker Van Ostrand and conductor Jap van Zweden after the Tchaikovsky concerto © Christopher M. Howard

John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London at the Proms – programming, performance and atmosphere align

13/09/2025 by Keith McDonnell

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [32] – R. Strauss, Bernstein, Ravel: James Ehnes (violin), Sinfonia of London Chorus, Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.9.2025. (KMcD)

John Wilson conducting the Sinfonia of London © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

An exciting Prom with Anastasia Kobekina and Delyana Lazarova

13/09/202512/09/2025 by Lucy Jeffery

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [30] – Boulanger, Shostakovich, and Rachmaninov: Anastasia Kobekina (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Delyana Lazarova (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.9.2025. (LJ)

Delyana Lazarova conducts the BBC SSO at the BBC Proms © BBC/Andy Paradise

Philadelphia celebrates the return of the Wanamaker Organ

13/09/202512/09/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States ‘Meet Me at the Eagle’ – Various: Soloists, Opera Philadelphia Chorus, Opera Philadelphia Orchestra Brass / Elizabeth Braden (conductor). The Wanamaker Building, Philadelphia, 7.9.2025. (RP)

Guarneri Hall becomes a lab for Tao’s digital experiments in Nova Linea Musica’s season opener

13/09/202512/09/2025 by Zach Carstensen

United States Various – ‘Echoes and Algorithms’: Conrad Tao (piano and electronics). Guarneri Hall, Chicago, 10.9.2025. (ZC)

Conrad Tao plays Ben Nobuto’s ‘Tell me again’ © Nova Linea Musica

A pleasure and privilege to hear the Vienna Phil, though they fail to ignite Mozart and Tchaikovsky at the Proms

11/09/202510/09/2025 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [29] – Mozart, Tchaikovsky: Vienna Philharmonic / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 9.9.2025. (JR)

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Vienna Philharmonic at the BBC Proms 2025 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

An impressive Proms performance from Chineke! in a programme of diversity, defiance and dissent

11/09/202510/09/2025 by Christopher Sallon

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [27] – Coleridge-Taylor, Coleman, Lee, Shostakovich: Chineke! Orchestra / Jonathon Heyward (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London. 5.9.2025. (CSa)

Jonathon Heywood conducts Chineke! at the BBC Proms © BBC/Andy Paradise

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