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Concert Reviews

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The Curtis Institute of Music celebrates 100 years of excellence at Geffen Hall

30/11/2024 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States Coleridge-Taylor, Price, Dvořák: Curtis Symphony Orchestra / Benoit Gauthier and Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductors). David Geffen Hall, New York, 24.11.2024. (RP)

Benoit Gauthier conducting the Curtis Symphony Orchestra © Fadi Kheir

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Fascinating, energising evening from Aziz Shokhakimov and the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

29/11/2024 by Colin Clarke

FranceFrance Khachaturian, Prokofiev: Nemanja Radulović (violin), Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg / Aziz Shokhakimov (conductor). Philharmonie de Paris, France, 26.11.2024. (CC)

Aziz Shokhakimov © Nicolas Roses

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What looked like a standard Philharmonia programme in Bari held real magic

29/11/202428/11/2024 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms: Martin Helmchen (piano); Philharmonia Orchestra / Alessandro Crudele (conductor). Teatro Petruzzelli Bari, Italy, 26.11.2024. (CC)

Alessandro Crudele conducts the Philharmonia © Pierdomenico Mongelli

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Youth, tradition and innovation: Klaus Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw at Carnegie Hall

26/11/2024 by Edward Sava-Segal

United StatesUnited States Various: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 22 & 23.11.2024. (ES-S)

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra © Chris Lee

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Violinist Maxim Vengerov punches his way through a Berkeley recital

26/11/2024 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Various: Maxim Vengerov (violin), Polina Osetinskaya (piano). Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 23.11.2024. (HS)

Violinist Maxim Vengerov and pianist Polina Osetinskaya at a previous recital © Fadi Kheir

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Mark Wigglesworth and the Bournemouth SO: a bright future beckons

25/11/2024 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Ravel, Walton: Nicholas McCarthy (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Bristol Beacon, 21.11.2024. (CK)

Mark Wigglesworth conducts pianist Nicholas McCarthy and the BSO © Jessie Myers

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BBC NOW’s late Rossini double bill in Cardiff

25/11/2024 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dancing and Deities: Olivia Boen (soprano), Teresa Iervolino (mezzo-soprano), Levy Sekgapane (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Nil Venditti (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 21.11.2024. (PCG)

Nil Venditti © Alessandro Bertani

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A fascinating Edinburgh programme from Musica Gloria., both engaging and educational

25/11/2024 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom O Haupt! – Music by Telemann, J. S. Bach, Janitsch and C. P. E. Bach: Musica Gloria. The New Town Church, Edinburgh, 23.11.2024. (CC)

Elise Dupont (violin), Beniamino Paganini (harpsichord), Lena Rademann (viola) and Nele Vertommen (Baroque oboe)

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