United Kingdom Mozart and Janáček: Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano, director). Royal Festival Hall, London, 1.2.2025. (MB)
Collegial music-making from Mitsuko Uchida and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
UK Concerts
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Grosvenor, Boreyko and the LPO in their element with a richly contrasting programme
United Kingdom Sibelius, Mozart and Tchaikovsky: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrey Boreyko (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.1.2025. (CSa)
New orchestra’s exciting debut in Plymouth
United Kingdom Purcell/Britten, Bach, Bartók: Robert Taub (piano), Musica Viva Sinfonia / Mark Forkgen (conductor). Levinsky Hall, University of Plymouth, 1.2.2025. (PRB)
A night of power and precision from Jakub Hrůša and the BBC SO at the Barbican Hall
United Kingdom Hass, Beethoven, Shostakovich: Jonathan Biss (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 31.1.2025. (KMcD)
Many delights in a Cadogan Hall concert of music from 1775 by The Mozartists
United Kingdom Ordonez, Hasse, Mozart, Haydn, and Benda: Alexandra Lowe (soprano), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 29.1.2025. (MB)
Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman evoke the moon’s melodic and mysterious sides in Cardiff
United Kingdom Various: Laura van der Heijden (cello) and Jâms Coleman (piano). Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 31.1.2025. (LJ)
Emelyanychev and the SCO summon up the dynamism and energy to hold a programme of extremes together
United Kingdom MacMillan, Widmann, Adams: Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 30.1.2025. (SRT)
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra pulls off an interesting musical mix in Poole
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Mozart, Stravinsky: Elisabeth Brauss (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Mihhail Gerts (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole, 29.1.2025. (CK)
