UK Concerts

All concert reviews from the UK.

Revelatory concert of Schubert and a tribute to Kurtág in his centenary year from the Gringolts Quartet

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2026 [7] – Kurtág, Schubert: Gringolts Quartet (Ilya Gringolts, Anahit Kurtikyan [violins], Silvia Simionescu [viola], Claudius Hermann [cello]). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 24.8.2026. (GT)

Gringolts Quartet © Tomasz Trzebiatowskit

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There was much to relish at The Met Orchestra’s second BBC Prom, which featured Joyce DiDonato

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [22] – Saariaho, Mahler: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), The Met Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 27.8.2026. (JR)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts The Met Orchestra at the BBC Proms © Pete Scalzitti

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The Met Orchestra debuts at the Proms with Richard Strauss and Elza van den Heever’s visceral Salome

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [21] – Richard Strauss: Elza van den Heever (soprano), The Met Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 26.8.2026. (MB)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts The Met Orchestra © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Radiant new concerto receives a beguiling first performance at Snape Maltings

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Kodály, Deborah Pritchard, Mendelssohn: Harriet Mackenzie (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Sora Elisabeth Lee (conductor). Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk, 26.8.2026. (PC)

Violinist Harriet Mackenzie and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sora Elisabeth Lee © Britten Pears Arts

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An excellent concert as the Clandeboye Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Clandeboye Festival 2026 [1] – Various: Michael McHale (piano), Ellen Jansson (piano), William Curran (clarinet), Sinéad O’Halloran (cello), Killian White (cello), Mairéad Hickey (violin). Clandeboye Estate, County Down, Northern Ireland, 24.8.2026. (RB)

Killian White (cello), Mairead Hickey (violin) and Michael McHale (piano) © Norah O’Leary

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Amy Harman steals the show at her first, and hopefully not last, BBC Prom

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [20] – Britten, Mozart, Musgraves, Elgar: Felix Klieser (horn), Amy Harman (bassoon), Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (leader). Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.8.2026. (LJ)

Felix Klieser (horn) with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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