Concert Reviews – Page 6 – Seen and Heard International

Beauty and Beachy Head: new music inspired by the South Downs from the Orchestra of Sound and Light

30/07/202524/07/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Various: Loré Lixenberg (voice), Helen Whitaker (flute), Alison Hughes (clarinet & bass clarinet), Rachel Fryer (keyboards), Lee Westwood (electric guitar), Joe Giddey (cello), Ed Hughes (director). Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, 13.7.2025. (CK)

Gerd Schaller celebrates the completion of his Bruckner cycle with a resplendent Eighth (first version)

25/07/202524/07/2025 by Ken Ward

Germany Bruckner: Philharmonie Festiva / Gerd Schaller (conductor). Ebrach Abbey, Bavaria, 20.7.2025. (KW)

Gerd Schaller conducts Philharmonie Festiva © Zuzanna Specjal

Noseda draws excellence and emotion from the NYO-USA at Carnegie Hall

23/07/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Simon, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff: Ray Chen (violin), National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 20.7.2025. (RP)

Gianandrea Noseda conducts violinist Ray Chen and the NYO-USA © Chris Lee

Fabien Gabel conducts and pianist Seong-Jin Cho wows in an outstanding Aspen program

23/07/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United States Aspen Music Festival [5]: Klein Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen. (HS)

Conductor Fabien Gabel conducts the Aspen Festival Orchestra © Blake Nelson

Masterly Mahler and a fascinating new commission from the BBC Philharmonic at the Proms

23/07/202522/07/2025 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [2] – Coult, Mahler: Allan Clayton (tenor), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 21.7.2025. (JR)

John Storgårds conducts tenor Allan Clayton and the BBC Philharmonic © BBC/ Mark Allan

Excitement and emotion from Nicholas McCarthy and Mark Wigglesworth’s BSO at the Proms

23/07/202522/07/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [1] – Shostakovich, Ravel, Walton: Nicholas McCarthy (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 20.7.2025. (CK)

Pianist Nicholas McCarthy plays Ravel at the BBC Proms 2025 © Chris Christodoulou/BBC

Close encounters with Yuja Wang and infernal spirits on a Sunday afternoon at Tanglewood

22/07/202522/07/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

United States Tanglewood 2025 [2] – Various: Yuja Wang (piano), Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 20.7.2025. (ES-S)

Andris Nelsons conducts the TMCO in the Koussevitzky Shed © Hilary Scott

Chinese-Western musical exchange as Ziyang Huang’s erhu joins the Oxford Phil’s Vivaldi Four Seasons

23/07/202522/07/2025 by AUTHOR

United Kingdom Vivaldi’s Venice: Ziyang Huang (erhu), Gordon Hunt (oboe), Soloists of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Tamás András (director/violin). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 18.7.2025. (M-EW)

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