Concert Reviews – Page 53 – Seen and Heard International

Ax and Heras-Casado dig into Mozart and Shostakovich with the Cleveland Orchestra

05/01/202507/12/2024 by Mark S Jordan

United States Mozart, Shostakovich: Emanuel Ax (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 6.12.2024. (MSJ)

Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Cleveland Orchestra as Emanuel Ax plays Mozart © Human Artist Photography/TCO

Gil Shaham mesmerizes in Dvořák’s Violin Concerto with Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic

05/01/202507/12/2024 by Rick Perdian

United States Dvořák, Mahler: Gil Shaham (violin), Czech Philharmonic / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 4.12.2024. (RP)

Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall © Fadi Kheir

Leila Josefowicz attacks Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto with the Vancouver Symphony

05/01/202507/12/2024 by Geoffrey Newman

Canada Stravinsky, Prokofiev: Leila Josefowicz (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 29.11.2024. (GN)

Violinist Leila Josefowicz with conductor Otto Tausk and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra © VSO

Anthony McGill and the Pacifica Quartet find ravishing sonorities in a San Francisco recital

05/01/202505/12/2024 by Harvey Steiman

United States Various: Anthony McGill (clarinet), Pacifica Quartet (Simin Ganatra, Austin Hartman [violins], Mark Holloway [viola], Brandon Vamos [cello]). San Francisco Performances, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, 3.12.2024. (HS)

Simin Ganatra, Austin Hartman, Anthony McGill, Brandon Vamos and Mark Holloway © Harvey Steiman

Amy Dickson and Catherine Milledge make a persuasive case for two neglected female composers

05/01/202505/12/2024 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Various: Amy Dickson (saxophone) & Catherine Milledge (piano). Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, 29.11.2024. (GPu)

Amy Dickson (saxophone) and Catherine Milledge (piano) © BBC

Antony Hermus and Victor Julien-Laferrière provide inspired Bruckner and variable Tchaikovsky

05/01/202505/12/2024 by Geoffrey Newman

Canada Various: Victor Julien-Laferrière (cello), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Antony Hermus (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 22.11.2024. (GN)

Victor Julien-Laferrière © Seen Joong See

Sir Bryn Terfel was commanding in a vivid interpretation of Mendelssohn’s Elijah from Oxford Philharmonic

05/01/202504/12/2024 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Elijah: Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), Angharad Lyddon (mezzo-soprano), Belinda Gifford-Guy (treble), Trystan Llŷr-Griffiths (tenor), Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Crouch End Festival Chorus, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / John Lubbock (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 1.12.2024. (CR)

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra’s *Elijah* at the Sheldonian Theatre

Masterly twentieth-century Czech string quartets by the Janáček Quartet closes Festival Janáček Brno 2024

05/01/202504/12/2024 by Gregor Tassie

Czech Republic Festival Janáček Brno 2024 [7] – Kaprálová, Janáček, Novák: Janáček Quartet [Miloš Vacek, Richard Kružík [violins], Jan Řezníček [viola], Lukáš Polák [cello]). Villa Löw-Beer, 24.11.2024. (GT)

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