United Kingdom Shostakovich: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Cello) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 7.3. 2025. (CSa)
Historic Shostakovich from Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic: A concert for our times
UK Concerts
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Mahler’s Seventh from the Oxford Millennium Orchestra: work in progress
United Kingdom Mahler: Oxford Millennium Orchestra / Joe Davies (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 7.3.2025. (CK)
The London Sinfonietta’s enthralling and enjoyable evening of Cage and Boulez
United Kingdom Boulez and Cage: Mark van de Wiel (clarinet), Sarah Nicolls (prepared piano), London Sinfonietta / Thomas Kemp (conductor), Michael McCarthy (director), Francesca Amewudah-Rivers (actor). Purcell Room, London, 9.3.2025. (MB)
Bychkov’s controlled cacophony in Mahler’s Fifth with the Czech Philharmonic
United Kingdom Mozart, Mahler: Katia & Marielle Labèque (pianos), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov. Barbican Hall, London, 9.3.2025. (CC)
A wonderful London recital by Dame Mitsuko Uchida
United Kingdom Beethoven, Schoenberg, Kurtág, and Schubert: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.3.2025. (MB)
A truly satisfying Bechstein Hall recital by Emmanuel Despax
United Kingdom Ravel, Fauré/Despax, Despax: Emmanuel Despax (piano). Bechstein Hall, London, 7.3.2025. (CC)
LPO at the Royal Festival Hall: Fleming’s artistry in Richard Strauss and Guggeis’s propulsive Wagner
United Kingdom Wagner, R. Strauss – Renée Fleming sings Strauss: Renée Fleming (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 5.3.2025. (JPr)
An epic Shostakovich Marathon in Southampton, in aid of Cancer Research
United Kingdom Shostakovich: Jinah Shim, Keelan Carew, Paul Ingram (piano), Mark Cox (trumpet), Austin Lam (cello), Orchestra / Craig Lawton and Paul Ingram (conductors). Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton, 2.3.2025. (CK)
