United Kingdom León, Grieg, Richard Strauss: Steven Osborne (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 21.2.2025. (MBr)
Richard Strauss and Grieg with Osborne, Gardner and the LPO
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Philharmonia and Paavo Järvi: Spiky Stravinsky and occasionally turgid Tüür fail to lift the spirits
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Tüür: Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Philharmonia / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.2.2025. (JR)
Lunchtime at Wigmore Hall: Steven Osborne’s Schubert restored the spirits and nourished the soul
United Kingdom Bach, MacMillan, Weir and Schubert: Steven Osborne (piano). Wigmore Hall, London. 24.2.2025. (CSa)
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)
