UK Concerts – Page 43 – Seen and Heard International

A marvellous concert of Bliss and Howells at the Three Choirs Festival

30/08/202531/07/2025 by John Quinn

United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2025 [3] – Howells, Bliss: Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Michael Bell (tenor), Malachy Frame (baritone), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Adrian Partington (conductor). Hereford Cathedral 30.7.2025. (JQ)

Soprano Rebecca Hardwick, conductor Adrian Partington and tenor Michael Bell in *Hymnus Paradisi* © James O’Driscoll

Ryan Wigglesworth leads a strangely disappointing Birtwistle and Beethoven Prom

30/08/202529/07/2025 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [7] – Birtwistle and Beethoven: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.7.2025. (MB)

Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra © BBC/Mark Allan

Mellow Mozart and Bruckner from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

30/08/202528/07/2025 by Ken Ward

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [6] – R. Wigglesworth, Mozart and Bruckner: Mariam Batsashvili (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.7.2025. (KW)

Pianist Mariam Batsashvili, conductor Ryan Wigglesworth and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra © BBC/Mark Allan

The 2025 Three Choirs Festival premieres Richard Blackford’s The Black Lake

30/08/202528/07/2025 by John Quinn

United Kingdom 2025 Three Choirs Festival [2] – Pärt, Elgar, Britten, Blackford: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Betsan Llwyd (narrator), Steffan Rhodri (narrator), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / David Hill (conductor). Hereford Cathedral, 27.7.2025. (JQ)

Soprano Elizabeth Watts, narrators Betsan Llwyd and Steffan Rhodri, conductor David Hill, Three Choirs Festival Chorus and BBC NOW © Dave Hodgetts

Fine revival of an important work by William Mathias at the 2025 Three Choirs Festival

30/08/202527/07/2025 by John Quinn

United Kingdom 2025 Three Choirs Festival [1] – Smyth, Dvořák, Mathias: Eleanor Dennis (soprano), James Oxley (tenor), Malachy Frame (baritone), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Hereford Cathedral Choristers, Philharmonia Orchestra / Geraint Bowen (conductor). Hereford Cathedral, 26.7.2025. (JQ)

Geraint Bowen conducts the Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, soprano Eleanor Dennis and baritone Malachy Frame © Dale Hodgetts

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A marvellous concert of Bliss and Howells at the Three Choirs Festival

Ryan Wigglesworth leads a strangely disappointing Birtwistle and Beethoven Prom

Mellow Mozart and Bruckner from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

The 2025 Three Choirs Festival premieres Richard Blackford’s The Black Lake

Fine revival of an important work by William Mathias at the 2025 Three Choirs Festival

SCO’s energising Beethoven, fun Rameau but the Saint-Saëns and Capperauld stood out at the Proms

A fine and enjoyable Prom from Sakari Oramo and the BBC SO

Revel in Ravel and Goosby’s excellence at the Proms whilst Charlotte Sohy’s music is blissful