United Kingdom Benjamin, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Yefim Bronfman (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 27.9.2025. (JR)
Two absolutely first-rate performances to open LPO’s new concert season
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Philharmonia Orchestra’s Saint-Saëns suffers from organ failure
United Kingdom Ortiz, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Olivier Latry (organ), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, 25.9.2025. (AV-E)
Chineke! Orchestra chooses Warwick Arts Centre to launch their tenth anniversary European tour
United Kingdom Coleridge-Taylor, Beethoven, Wallen, Dawson: Tai Murray (violin), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano), Chineke! Orchestra / Roderick Cox (conductor). Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, 24.9.2025. (CP)
The partnership between the LSO and Sir Antonio Pappano goes from strength to strength
United Kingdom Britten, Shostakovich: Janine Jansen (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 21.9.2025. (JR)
Scintillating Seong-Jin Cho’s paradigm performance of Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto with the LSO
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Beethoven: Seong-Jin Cho (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 18.9.2025. (AV-E)
A splendid, fascinating and, at the end, courageous Prom led by Ilan Volkov
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [31] – Gabrieli, Stravinsky, and Brahms: Jess Dandy (contralto), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), National Youth Choir, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.9.2025. (MB)
John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London at the Proms – programming, performance and atmosphere align
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [32] – R. Strauss, Bernstein, Ravel: James Ehnes (violin), Sinfonia of London Chorus, Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.9.2025. (KMcD)
An exciting Prom with Anastasia Kobekina and Delyana Lazarova
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [30] – Boulanger, Shostakovich, and Rachmaninov: Anastasia Kobekina (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Delyana Lazarova (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.9.2025. (LJ)
