Concert Reviews

The complete list of posted concert reviews

Ardent Saint-Saëns from Sheku and a poised Mendelssohn from Childress and the Cleveland Orchestra

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [6]: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Cleveland Orchestra / Stephanie Childress (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 23.8.2025. (MSJ)

Stephanie Childress conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in Britten’s Simple Symphony © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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The Art of Fugue: Schiff and Nosrati at the peak of their artistic powers ascend Bach’s musical ‘Everest’

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [20] – J. S. Bach, The Art of Fugue: Sir András Schiff (piano), Schaghajegh Nostrati (piano). Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.8.2025. (CSa)

Sir András Schiff and Schaghajegh Nostrati

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Another splendidly Boulezian programme at the Salzburg Festival 

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Salzburg Festival 2025 [6] – Ravel, Boulez, Varèse: Sarah Aristidou (soprano), Klangforum Wien / Sylvain Cambreling (conductor). Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 23.8.2025. (MB)

Klangforum Wien, soprano Sarah Aristidou and conductor Sylvain Cambreling © SF/Jan Friese

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Splendid performances of Brahms and Franck at the Clandeboye Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Clandeboye Festival 2025 [1] – Brahms, Franck: Barry Douglas (piano), Tatiana Samouil, Michael D’Arcy (violins), Ed Creedon (viola), Arto Noras (cello). Clandeboye Estate, County Down, Northern Ireland, 20.8.2025. (RB)

Violinist Tatiana Samouil © Camerata Ireland

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