United Kingdom Schubert, Beethoven, Prokofiev: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Barbican Hall, 10.4.2025. (CC)
Truly momentous Prokofiev from Noseda and the London Symphony Orchestra
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A remarkable Wigmore Hall evening with Héloïse Werner and friends
United Kingdom Héloïse Werner (soprano) and friends: Héloïse Werner (soprano), Max Baillie (violin/viola), Colin Alexander (cello), Misha Mullov-Abbado (double bass), Bruno Heinen (piano), Angela Wai Nok Hui (percussion). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.4.2025. (CC)
The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic give a spectacular concert of romantic works in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, Schubert: Pablo Ferrández (cello), Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra/ Carlo Tenan (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 6.4.2025. (GT)
Noseda and the LSO make a persuasive case for Shostakovich’s most problematic symphony
United Kingdom Shostakovich, MacMillan: Nicola Benedetti (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 3.4.2025. (MBr)
Ed Hughes’s enchanting Sky Blue opens a thrilling programme from Southampton Concert Orchestra
United Kingdom Hughes, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Alison Hughes (clarinet), Jinah Shim (piano), Southampton Concert Orchestra / Paul Ingram (conductor). Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton, 5.4.2025. (CK)
The RNSO excel in Anna Clyne’s brilliant concerto and Shostakovich’s monumental war epitaph
United Kingdom Clyne, Shostakovich: Jess Gillam (saxophone), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Jonathon Heyward (conductor), Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 5.4.2025. (GT)
Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC SO celebrate and continue the Boulez programming legacy
United Kingdom Berg and Debussy: Sophie Bevan (soprano), BBC Symphony Chorus (chorus master: Neil Ferris), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 4.4.2025. (MB)
Jurowski and the LPO’s phenomenal performance of a wonderful Lyatoshynsky symphony
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Mussorgsky (arr. Denisov), Lyatoshynsky: Matthew Rose (bass), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.4.2025. (CC)
