Concert Reviews – Page 8 – Seen and Heard International

Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra were on scintillating form at the BBC Proms

28/08/202327/08/2023 by John Quinn

United Kingdom Prom 55 – Carlos Simon, Stravinsky, Gershwin, Ravel: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 26.8.2023. (JQ)

Yves Thibaudet plays Gershwin at the BBC Proms 2023 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Outstanding music-making as Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic open their season

27/08/2023 by Mark Berry

Germany Reger and R. Strauss: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 25.8.2023. (MB)

Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic © Monika Rittershaus

Bostoners in their Proms return under Nelsons confirm again their position as a world-class ensemble

27/08/2023 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Prom 52 – Adolphe, R. Strauss, Prokofiev: Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 25.8.2023. (JR)

Andris Nelsons at the BBC Proms 2023 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Gerd Schaller returns in Ebrach with the third version of the ‘Romantic’ full of vitality

27/08/2023 by AUTHOR

Germany Ebracher Musiksommer 2023 – Bruckner: Philharmonie Festiva / Gerd Schaller (conductor). Ebrach Abbey, Ebrach, 20.8.2023. (KW)

An evening of first-rate music making at the Clandeboye Festival

29/08/202327/08/2023 by Robert Beattie

United Kingdom Clandeboye Festival 2023 [1] – Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven: Barry Douglas (piano), Cathal Breslin (piano), Richard Watkins (French horn), Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin), Ed Creedon (viola), Aoife Magee (viola), Aoife Burke (cello). Clandeboye Estate, Bangor, Northern Ireland, 23.8.2023. (RB)