Ireland Bach: Bach Collegium Japan / Masato Suzuki (conductor and harpsichord). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 10.10.2026. (RB)
Refined, virtuosic accounts of the Brandenburg Concertos from Bach Collegium Japan
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Önaç’s new music is certainly impressively constructed; the ideas lofty and a piece to hear live
United Kingdom Önaç Atlantic Requiem (2026, world premiere): Brittany Renne (soprano), J’Nai Bridges (mezzo-soprano), Orson Van Gay II (tenor), BBC Singers, London Symphony Orchestra / Malcolm J. Merriweather (conductor). Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s, 11.10.2026. (CC)
Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic bring clarity and intensity to Elgar and Tchaikovsky
United States Elgar, Tchaikovsky: Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 9.10.2026. (ES-S)
Admirable Haydn and Mozart from the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland and Peter Whelan
Ireland Haydn, Mozart: Jonathan Biss (piano), National Symphony Orchestra Ireland / Peter Whelan (conductor). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 9.10.2026. (RB)
Benedetti’s Prokofiev and Canellakis’s Rachmaninoff rise to the top in San Francisco
United States Various: Nicola Benedetti (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Karina Canellakis (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 9.10.2026. (HS)
Sunwook Kim’s mesmerises as pianist and director of Beethoven’s Fourth and Fifth Piano Concertos in Glasgow
United Kingdom Shaw, Beethoven: Sunwook Kim (piano/director), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Stephanie Gonley (violin/director). City Halls Glasgow, 9.10.2026. (GT)
Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker bathe Carnegie Hall in Italian color
United States Various: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 8.10.2026. (RP)
Antony Hermus directs a memorable performance of Mahler’s Tenth in Glasgow
United Kingdom Jeths, Mahler: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Antony Hermus (conductor). City Halls, Glasgow, 8.10.2026. (GT)
