France Various, ‘Musique et Libertés’: Orchestre de chambre de Toulouse / Gilles Colliard (violin / conductor). L’Escale, Tournefeuille, France, 31.5.2023. (LV)
Toulouse Chamber Orchestra celebrates its birthday and liberty
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Remarkable pianist, shattering Shostakovich: the RPO’s final Royal Festival Hall concert of the season
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Nobuyuki Tsujii (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.6.2023. (JR)
Determined and earnest Dovgan and a memorable Kreuzchor concert in Dresden
Germany Dresden Music Festival 2023 [6] – 31.5.2023, Kulturpalast, Dresden: Piano Recital – Alexandra Dovgan (piano). (MC)
Joyce DiDonato on her ‘Eden’ tour triumphs in an unusual hymn to nature recital
Spain Various: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Il Pomo d’Oro / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, 6.6.2023. (JMI)
‘Double Shot’ raises eyebrows of Whangarei audience
New Zealand Various: Double Shot (Yoshiko Tsuruta, marimba, percussion; Jeremy Fitzsimons, vibraphone, percussion). Old Library, Whangarei, 27.5.2023. (PSe)
Laurence Equilbey’s Insula Orchestra gives a brilliant historically informed concert at Dresden’s Frauenkirche
Germany Dresden Music Festival [5]– Mozart: Pierre Génisson (clarinet), Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor), Frauenkirche, Dresden, 24.5.2023. (GT)
A Grace Williams discovery at the tumultuous conclusion of the BBC NOW season in Cardiff
United Kingdom R. Strauss, Mozart, Grace Williams: Alice Neary (cello), Rebecca Jones (viola), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 1.6.2023. (PCG)
Enjoyable, ingenious and instructive Wigmore Hall recital by Cédric Tiberghien
United Kingdom Sweelinck, Bach, Benjamin, Beethoven, and Mozart: Cédric Tiberghien (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 1.6.2023. (MB)
