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All concert reviews from the UK.

Music-making of outstanding sensitivity and power from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic

29/01/2025 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Berg, Beethoven, Stravinsky: Boris Giltburg (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.1.2025. (CK)

Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra © Frances Marshall

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New music demanding much from the listeners is given full respect by Maxime Pascal and the LSO

29/01/2025 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom LSO Futures: Homage to Pierre Boulez: London Symphony Orchestra / Maxime Pascal (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 26.1.2025. (CC)

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maxime Pascal © Mark Allan

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Brilliant pianist and beloved friend: Angela Hewitt returns to Wigmore Hall in a glittering programme

29/01/202528/01/2025 by Christopher Sallon

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Bach, Haydn and Brahms: Angela Hewitt (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 23.1.2025. (CSa)

Angela Hewitt performing in the Wigmore Hall © WH

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Powerful and exceptional Wigmore Hall concert commemorating the Holocaust

28/01/202527/01/2025 by Marc Bridle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Music in Auschwitz: Commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day, various soloists, Wigmore Hall, London, 23.1.2025 (MBr)

Cellists Raphael Wallfisch and pianist Simon Callaghan © Wigmore Hall

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There for the Tubin, but the sheer brilliance throughout by the young RCM players left me hungry for more

26/01/2025 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Respighi, Tubin, Falla, Ravel: Will Dearden (double bass), RCM Symphony Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal College of Music, London, 23.1.2025. (CC)

Will Dearden plays Eduard Tubin’s Double Bass Concerto © RCM

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Two cleverly connected programmes across the centuries and a tour-de-force by the Juilliard String Quartet

24/01/2025 by Christopher Sallon

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Beethoven and Widmann: Juilliard String Quartet – Areta Zhulla (violin), Ronald Copes (violin), Molly Carr (viola) Astrid Schween (cello). Wigmore Hall, London. 19.1.2025 and 20.1.2025 (CSa)

Juilliard String Quartet

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A beguiling Viennese programme from Mark Wigglesworth and the Bournemouth Symphony

23/01/2025 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Johann Strauss II, Berg, Brahms: Alena Baeva (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole, 22.1.2025. (CK)

Mark Wigglesworth conducts violinist Alena Baeva and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal © BSO

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Bold programming and brilliant playing at the Romsey Chamber Music WinterFest

23/01/2025 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Romsey Chamber Music Festival – WinterFest 2025: Laura Rickard (violin), Rainer Crosett (cello), Tomoki Park (piano). United Reformed Church, Romsey, 17-19.1.2025. (CK)

Laura Rickard © Alfie Ratcliff

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