Skip to content

Seen and Heard International

SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, BROADCASTS, AND THEATRE

Seen and Heard International

  • Home
  • Concerts
    • UK Concerts
    • International Concerts
  • Opera & Ballet
    • International Opera
    • UK Opera
    • Ballet and Dance Reviews
  • Broadcasts & Others
    • Broadcasts and Film
    • Musicals
    • Theatre
  • Articles & Interviews
    • Featured Articles and News
    • Interviews
    • News and Press Releases
    • Season Previews
  • Festivals
    • Festival 2020
    • Festival 2021
      • Aspen Music Festival 2021
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2021
      • Three Choirs Festival 2021
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2021
    • Festival 2022
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2022
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2022
      • Aspen Music Festival 2022
    • Festival 2023
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2023
      • Three Choirs Festival 2023
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2023
    • Festival 2024
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2024
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2024
      • Salzburg Festival 2024
    • Festival 2025
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2025
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2025
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Home
  • Concerts
    • UK Concerts
    • International Concerts
  • Opera & Ballet
    • International Opera
    • UK Opera
    • Ballet and Dance Reviews
  • Broadcasts & Others
    • Broadcasts and Film
    • Musicals
    • Theatre
  • Articles & Interviews
    • Featured Articles and News
    • Interviews
    • News and Press Releases
    • Season Previews
  • Festivals
    • Festival 2020
    • Festival 2021
      • Aspen Music Festival 2021
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2021
      • Three Choirs Festival 2021
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2021
    • Festival 2022
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2022
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2022
      • Aspen Music Festival 2022
    • Festival 2023
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2023
      • Three Choirs Festival 2023
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2023
    • Festival 2024
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2024
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2024
      • Salzburg Festival 2024
    • Festival 2025
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2025
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2025
  • Contact
  • Donate

Concert Reviews

The complete list of posted concert reviews

Acclaimed Japanese Conductor Champions Bach and Mendelssohn

21/11/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mendelssohn & Bach: Peter Harvey (baritone), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor); Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 14.11.2013 (SRT)

Read more

Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson Leave a comment

Small Scale is Beautiful in Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Programme

13/05/201420/11/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various Composers, Particle Velocity: Phoenix Dance Theatre, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 19.11.2013 (JO’D)

Read more

Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Concert Reviews, Opera & Ballet Tags John O'Dwyer, London Leave a comment

Americana Concert Features Eagles, a Synthesiser, Rounds and the Gettysburg Address

21/11/201320/11/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Rorem, John Adams, Diamond, Roy Harris: Mark Simpson (clarinet), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Eric Stern (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff. 19.11.2013 (PCG)

Read more

Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cardiff, Paul Corfield Godfrey Leave a comment

Vocal Trio Blends Rhythmic Complexities, Mimics Electronic Timbres

21/11/201320/11/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States (Various Composers): Juice Vocal Ensemble (Sarah Dacey, Anna Snow, and Kerry Andrew), SubCulture, New York City. 12.11.2013 (DS)

juice (2)
Juice Vocal Ensemble

 

Read more

Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Daniele Sahr, New York Leave a comment

Hanslip Brings Fresh Insights into Bruch Concerto

21/11/201320/11/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Bruch, Johann Strauss the Younger, Dvořák: Chloë Hanslip (violin), Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Libor Pešek (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 18.11.2013 (PCG)

Read more

Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cardiff, Paul Corfield Godfrey Leave a comment

Morlot Pastoral Was Naughty but Nice

21/11/201319/11/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Sibelius, Dusapin, and Beethoven: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 15.11.2013 (BJ)

Read more

Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Bernard Jacobson, Seattle Leave a comment

Centenary Composer Features in Memorable Remembrance Sunday Concert

14/08/201418/11/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lloyd, R Strauss, Shostakovich: Anna Gorbachyova (soprano), Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra / John Gibbons (conductor), Assembly Hall, Worthing, 10.11.2013. (RB)

Worthing SO
Worthing SO

Read more

Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Rob Barnett, Worthing Leave a comment

Wolfgang Holzmaier Takes a Final Bow with Schubert

21/11/201318/11/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Schubert: Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Imogen Cooper (piano). Wigmore Hall, 16.11.2013 (MB)

Read more

Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry Leave a comment
  • Page 995 of 1277
  • <
  • 1
  • ...
  • 990
  • 991
  • 992
  • 993
  • 994
  • 995
  • 996
  • 997
  • 998
  • 999
  • ...
  • 1277
  • >
Older posts
Newer posts
← Previous Page1 … Page994 Page995 Page996 … Page1,277 Next →

SEARCH THE SITE

CHOOSE A WEEK TO VIEW

CHOOSE A MONTH TO VIEW

TOP 5 SEEN AND HEARD POSTS

  • A rollicking and intense Dido from Apollo’s Fire claims the stage in Ohio and beyond
  • Visually compelling but sometimes incomprehensible staging of Gounod’s Faust in Valencia
  • Sir Simon Rattle conducting in Munich allowed for more discovery of detail in Berg’s Wozzeck
  • Thomas Søndergård opens the RSNO’s concert season in Glasgow with a terrific Mahler Seventh
  • A noteworthy concert performance of Mascagni’s little-known Iris in Madrid

RECENT COMMENTS

  • CJ SANG on Marin Alsop and Yunchan Lim renew their collaboration in a twentieth-century Philadelphia journey
  • Trevor Lynes on Anna Netrebko impresses in Oliver Mears’s visceral, powerful and gripping new Tosca at Covent Garden
  • R F on Anna Netrebko impresses in Oliver Mears’s visceral, powerful and gripping new Tosca at Covent Garden
  • Ian Peake on A triumphant weekend celebration of Bruckner in Gateshead
  • Sean Hickey on A new Chicago venue makes its case with Sean Hickey’s audacious Sapiens

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FREE SUMMARY NEWSLETTER

SEEN AND HEARD'S RECENT REVIEWS

  • A rollicking and intense Dido from Apollo’s Fire claims the stage in Ohio and beyond (08/10/2025)
__________________________________
  • Visually compelling but sometimes incomprehensible staging of Gounod’s Faust in Valencia (08/10/2025) __________________________________
  • Sir Simon Rattle conducting in Munich allowed for more discovery of detail in Berg’s Wozzeck (08/10/2025) __________________________________
  • Thomas Søndergård opens the RSNO’s concert season in Glasgow with a terrific Mahler Seventh (08/10/2025) __________________________________
  • A noteworthy concert performance of Mascagni’s little-known Iris in Madrid (08/10/2025) __________________________________
  • Marin Alsop and Yunchan Lim renew their collaboration in a twentieth-century Philadelphia journey (07/10/2025) __________________________________
  • The London Sinfonietta’s season-opener continues the Boulez centenary celebrations (07/10/2025) __________________________________
  • Auspicious start to the Kratzer and Wellber Hamburg tenure with Robert Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri (07/10/2025) __________________________________
  • Wonderful insight and distinction in Charles Richard-Hamelin’s Chopin in Vancouver (07/10/2025) __________________________________
  • Unlikely pairing of Honegger and Mahler illuminates Cleveland with help from Pulliam and Samoilov (06/10/2025) __________________________________
  • Anne Sofie von Otter mesmerizes a Berkeley audience with Schubert (06/10/2025) __________________________________
  • Restraint and transformation: Salonen’s Debussy–Boulez dialogue with the NY Phil (06/10/2025) __________________________________
  • A fresh, convincing performance of Mahler’s Ninth from Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra (05/10/2025) __________________________________
  • Despite laudable Mahler it is Abrahamsen that will linger longest from Gardner and the LPO (05/10/2025) __________________________________
  • Zesty premiere of Higgins piece overshadows Grieg and Tchaikovsky in San Francisco (05/10/2025) __________________________________
  • INTERVIEWS, ARTICLES, NEWS, AND SEASON PREVIEWS

    • R.I.P. Dr Len Mullenger (19 January 1942 – 30 September 2025) (05/10/2025)
    __________________________________
  • EXHIBITION ON SCREEN’s Caravaggio in cinemas from 11 November 2025 (04/10/2025) __________________________________
  • Briston Beacon orchestral concerts 2025-2026 (30/09/2025) __________________________________
  • English Touring Opera in 2025-26 (25/09/2025) __________________________________
  • Chelsea Opera Group’s Macbeth at Cadogan Hall on 30 November (21/09/2025) __________________________________
  • Northern Ireland Opera brings Sondheim’s Follies to Belfast this month: a preview (04/09/2025) __________________________________
  • Composer Anna Clyne in conversation with Daniele Sahr (02/09/2025) __________________________________
  • Cellist Matteo Fabi and soprano Héloïse Garlopeau in conversation with Laurence Vittes (28/08/2025) __________________________________
  • Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green in conversation with Harvey Steiman (08/08/2025) __________________________________
  • Warwick Arts Centre’s Orchestral Season 2025-2026 (21/07/2025) __________________________________
  • Opera Holland Park in 2026 (17/07/2025) __________________________________
  • Waterperry Opera Festival in 2025 and its new CEO and Artistic Director John Savourin (17/07/2025) __________________________________
  • Violinist Miranda Cuckson in conversation with Daniele Sahr (09/07/2025) __________________________________
  • 2025 Shostakovich Symposium Leipzig: a report by Gregor Tassie (19/06/2025) __________________________________
  • Oldenburg State Theatre in 2025-26 (31/05/2025) __________________________________
  • Follow us

    Copyright © 2025 Seen and Heard International | All rights reserved |Privacy Policy
    We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.

    Notifications