United Kingdom Bach, MacMillan, Weir and Schubert: Steven Osborne (piano). Wigmore Hall, London. 24.2.2025. (CSa)
Lunchtime at Wigmore Hall: Steven Osborne’s Schubert restored the spirits and nourished the soul
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Thomas Søndergård directs the RSNO in a masterly Mahler Ninth in Glasgow
United Kingdom Mahler: Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 22.2.2025. (GT)
Aristocratic Prokofiev and dark Rachmaninoff from Daniel Lozakovich and Tugan Sokhiev
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff: Daniel Lozakovich (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Tugan Sokhiev (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 20.2.2025. (MBr)
Viennese classics and a world premiere by Jay Capperauld brings a glow to a freezing evening in Glasgow
United Kingdom Beethoven, Mozart, Capperauld, Schubert: Ivan Podyomov (soloist), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). City Hall, Glasgow, 21.2.2025. (GT)
Stirring Nordic brew from Gergely Madaras and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Poole
United Kingdom Vasks, Grieg, Sibelius: Louis Schwizgebel (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Gergely Madaras (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole, 19.2.2025. (CK)
Janáček’s ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ from the ASMF provides a lasting memory in their St Martin’s concert
United Kingdom Janáček, Mozart, Bach, Shostakovich: Peter Donohoe (piano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields. St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, 15.2.2025. (MBr)
A mixed afternoon of cinema scores from the Madrid Philharmonic
United Kingdom Ennio Morricone and 100 Years of Cinema: Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra / Fernando Furones (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 16.2.2025. (MBr)
Autumnal Walton and rejuvenating Mahler from Pappano and the LSO at Bristol Beacon
United Kingdom Walton, Mahler: Rebecca Gilliver (cello), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Bristol Beacon, 13.2.2025. (CK)
