United Kingdom Various: Malin Byström (soprano) and Magnus Svensson (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 30.9.2024. (KMcD)
Concert Reviews
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From wit to an alien world to radiant transcendence: symphonic showcase from Harding’s Clevelanders
United States Haydn, Walker, R. Schumann: Cleveland Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 3.10.2024. (MSJ)
Between romanticism and modernity – a spectacular Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich season opener
Switzerland Brahms, Thorvaldsdottir, Stravinsky: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Tonhalle Zurich, 18.9.2024. (VL)
A diverse and rewarding bill of fare at the ongoing Corvedale Festival
United Kingdom Corvedale Festival 2024 [2] – Various: Edge Chamber Choir (director: Ros Crouch), Joely Koos (cello), Wind players from Chetham’s School of Music (principal: Tom Redmond), Anna Kondrashina (flute). Corvedale Churches, 22 to 26.9.2024. (CK)
Flawless Glass: the Philip Glass Ensemble at the Barbican
United Kingdom Glass: Philip Glass Ensemble. Barbican Hall, London, 28.9.2024. (MBr)
The Brodsky Quartet’s complete cycle of Shostakovich string quartets thrills Royal Leamington Spa
United Kingdom Brodsky Quartet – Shostakovich: Royal Leamington Spa Pump Room. Warwickshire, 28 & 29.9.2024. (CP)
Superlative music-making at the Corvedale Festival
United Kingdom Corvedale Festival 2024 [1] – Various: Jarualda Quartet: (Alex Postlethwaite, David Joyce [violins], Jane Park [viola], Ruth Henley [cello]), Roelof Temmingh (piano); Magdalenna Krstevska (clarinet), Hamish Brown (piano), Cristian de Sá (violin), John Lenehan (piano). St. Michael’s Church, Munslow & St. Peter’s Church, Diddlebury, 20 & 21.9.2024. (CK)
Where Art Meets Science: a successful Churchill College conjoining of music and lecture
United Kingdom Where Art Meets Science – Marin, Campbell, Mendelssohn-Hensel, plus Professor Dame Athene Donald (speaker): Marsyas Trio, Rosalyn Hart, Emily Chung (violins), Rachel Stott (viola), Ewan Campbell (double bass). Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Cambridge, 28.9.2024. (CC)