United States Bach: Vikingur Ólafsson (piano). San Francisco Symphony Great Performers Series, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 2.3.2025. (HS)
Vikingur Ólafsson goes solo with Bach in San Francisco after Yuja Wang is sidelined
Concert Reviews
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A concert of unique programming and insight from Baeva, LPO and Omer Meir Wellber
United Kingdom Haydn, Mahler/Schnittke, Tchaikovsky: Alena Baeva (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Omer Meir Wellber (conductor/harpsichord/piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 1.3.2025. (CC)
Three-day musical journey with Riccardo Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall
United States Various: Vienna Philharmonic / Riccardo Muti (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 28.2, 1.3 & 2.3.2025. (ES-S)
Kavakos sears in Shostakovich during Welser-Möst’s return to Cleveland
United States Shostakovich, Beethoven: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 28.2.2025. (MSJ)
A Barbican Hall evening of thrilling contrasts, expertly navigated by Elim Chan and the BBC SO
United Kingdom Ogonek, Britten, Shostakovich: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Elim Chan (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 28.2.2025. (KMcD)
Concerto Copenhagen delights in the charms of the Baroque at Carnegie Hall
United States Muffat, Handel, Bach: Concerto Copenhagen / Lars Ulrick Mortensen (artistic director & harpsichord). Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, 25.2.2025. (RP)
Sir Stephen Hough’s sparkling Piano Concerto sits comfortably between the BSO’s Brahms and Elgar
United Kingdom Brahms, Hough, Elgar: Sir Stephen Hough (piano), Walter van Dyk (speaker), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole, 27.2.2025. (CK)
Apollo’s Fire sparks in Haydn, Mozart and Bologne
United States Mozart, Bologne, Haydn – ‘Classical Sparks’: Alan Choo (violin), Jonathan Pierce Rhodes (tenor), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). First United Methodist Church, Akron, 27.2.2025. (MSJ)
