UK Concerts

All concert reviews from the UK.

Vladimir Jurowski conducts Haydn, Kurtág, and Adams in a welcome return to the LPO

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom On the Transmigration of Souls – Haydn, Kurtág, Adams: Anna Devin (soprano), Hanna Hipp (mezzo-soprano), Rupert Charlesworth (tenor), Trevor Eliot Bowes (bass), Tiffin Youth Choir, London Philharmonic Choir, Jonathan Green (sound designer), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 18.1.2025. (CC)

Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony’s Barbican Hall musical journey from Venezuela to Russia

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Odisea – Lorenz, Grau, Tchaikovsky: Jorge Glem (Venezuelan cuatro), Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 16.2.2025. (CC)

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela © Nohely Oliveros

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Intense, all-encompassing Mahler from Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler: Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano), Tiffin Choirs children’s choir, London Symphony Chorus, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 15.1.2025. (CK)

Gustavo Dudamel conducts Mahler’s Third Symphony in Barbican Hall © Mark Allan

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