United Kingdom Shostakovich, Beethoven, Liszt: Paul Lewis (piano), Concerto Budapest / András Keller (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 4.12.2025. (AK)
Concerto Budapest continue to make a lot of people very happy as their tour reaches Cadogan Hall
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Concerto Budapest gives Warwick Arts Centre’s audience a compelling second look at Shostakovich.
United Kingdom Liszt, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky: Paul Lewis (piano), Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra / András Keller (conductor). Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, 2.12.2025. (CP)
Isata Kanneh-Mason brings a ray of freshness and light to Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto in Glasgow
United Kingdom Various: Isata Kanneh-Mason (pianist), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Delyana Lazarova (conductor). City Halls, Glasgow, 27.11.2025. (GT)
Earthshaking Piano Concerto from Fazil Say and the Philharmonia Orchestra
United Kingdom Sibelius, Say, Dvořák: Fazil Say (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.11.2025. (AV-E)
Edward Gardner and the LPO shine in Robert Laidlow’s new Exoplanets, Bloch and Rachmaninov
United Kingdom Laidlow, Bloch, Rachmaninov: Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.11.2025. (CK)
High-quality Haydn, OAE and Schiff
United Kingdom Haydn: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir András Schiff (fortepiano, director). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 27.11.2025. (AK)
Rafael Payare has a fine rapport with the Philharmonia Orchestra and is a star in the ascendent
United Kingdom Berlioz, Ortiz: Pacho Flores (trumpet); Philharmonia Orchestra / Rafael Payare (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.11.2025. (CC)
Cardiff’s RWCMD becomes Fibonacci Quartet’s ‘second home’ to the delight of their captivated audience
United Kingdom Various: Fibonacci Quartet (Luna De Mol, Kryštof Kohout [violins], Elliot Kempson [viola], Findlay Spence [cello]). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 27.11.2025. (LJ)
