United States Bach, Wagner, Mahler: Lise Davidsen (soprano), The Met Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 1.2.2024. (RP)
Lise Davidsen in resplendent form with The Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
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A thrilling evening of music making from the LSO conducted at the last-minute by Dima Slobodeniouk
United Kingdom Wennäkoski, Beethoven, Sibelius: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 4.2.2024. (KMcD)
Accomplished and delightful playing in a challenging programme of Mozart and Ligeti
United Kingdom Mozart, Ligeti: Ben Goldscheider Trio (Ben Goldscheider [horn], Callum Smart [violin], Richard Uttley [piano]). Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 2.2.2024. (GPu)
A deep dive into the Minnesota Sound with Brooklyn Art Song Society
United States Various: Tori Tedeschi Adams (soprano), Jesse Blumberg, Randall Scarlata (baritones), Michael Brofman, Laura Ward (piano). Brooklyn Art Song Society, First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, 2.2.2024. (RP)
Gently revelatory Coleridge-Taylor symphony from Chineke! at the Royal Festival Hall
United Kingdom Watts, Saint-Saëns, Coleridge-Taylor: William Campbell (organ), Chineke! Orchestra / Leslie Suganandarajah (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.2.2024. (CK)
Andrew Staples is remarkable as Jephte and Dido and Aeneas is beautifully rendered at the Barbican
United Kingdom Carissimi’s Jephte and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of Il Pomo d’Oro / Maxim Emelyanychev (harpsichord and conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 2.2.2024, (AK)
Outstanding performances by Gatti and the Berlin Philharmonic in music of explicit transfiguration
Germany Schoenberg, R. Strauss, Wagner: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 2.2.2024. (MB)
Salomé Bonnema sweeps to victory in the Netherlands Violin Competition
Netherlands Netherlands Violin Competition [1] – Concerto Finals: Salomé Bonnema, Kira van der Woerd, Enzo Kok (violin), Residentie Orkest / Jonathan Bloxham (conductor). Grote Zaal, Tivoli/Vredenburg, Utrecht, 27.1.2024. (LV)
