United Kingdom Elgar, Nielsen, Brahms: Frederico Paixão (flute), Todmorden Orchestra / Nicholas Concannon Hodges (conductor). Todmorden Town Hall, Calderdale, 25.3.2023. (RBa)
Todmorden’s Purely Classical concert
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Once more, the RSNO celebrates the music of John Williams
United Kingdom John Williams at the Oscars: Tommy Pearson (presenter), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Robert Baxter (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24.3.2023. (SRT)
Mahler’s vision of the Beethoven Ninth excitingly revealed by Vasily Petrenko and the RPO
United Kingdom Beethoven and Mahler: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Claudia Huckle (contralto), Nicky Spence (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass-baritone), The Bach Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 22.3.2023. (MB)
The highs and lows of Nikolai Lugansky’s ‘MaRachthon’ at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Rachmaninov: Nikolai Lugansky (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 20.3.2023. (JC)
On an afternoon of Scandinavian music, it is Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto which dazzles Edinburgh
United Kingdom Linde, Khachaturian, Sibelius: Nemanja Radulović (violinist), Swedish Philharmonia / Jaime Martín (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 19.3.2023. (GT)
Exquisite B Minor Mass from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Václav Luks
United Kingdom Bach: Julia Doyle (soprano), Anna Devin (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Choir of the Enlightenment, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Václav Luks (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 19.3.2023. (JR)
Thrills, beauty and fierce clarity: a Dionysian Mahler Three from Järvi and the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Mahler: Hongni Wu (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Voices (Ladies), Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 16.3.2023. (CK)
Kuusisto’s virtuosity has a pleasure of its own in SCO’s concert linking Haydn, Britten and Muhly
United Kingdom Muhly, Haydn, Britten: Allan Clayton (tenor), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Pekka Kuusisto (violin / director). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 16.3.2023. (SRT)
