UK Concerts – Page 8 – Seen and Heard International

A concerto of paradoxes and some great French music: the Strasbourg Philharmonic at Cadogan Hall

16/02/2024 by Alexander Russell

United Kingdom Berlioz, Rachmaninoff, Franck, Ravel: Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra / Marko Letonja (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 13.2.2024. (AR)

Nikolai Lugansky plays Rachmaninoff at the Cadogan Hall © @sisiburn

Ryan Bancroft’s stunning Shostakovich with the BBC NOW in Cardiff

15/02/202413/02/2024 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United Kingdom Beethoven, Shostakovich: Jonathan Biss (piano), James Platt (bass), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 11.2.2024. (PCG)

Jonathan Biss rehearsing with the BBC NOW © Yusef Bastawy

Magnificent Bruckner Te Deum from Stutzmann and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican

12/02/2024 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Bruckner: Lucy Crowe (soprano), Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (bass), London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Mariana Rosas), London Symphony Orchestra / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 11.2.2024. (JR)

Words are inadequate to describe Vadim Gluzman’s spotless Shostakovich with the Philharmonia

11/02/2024 by Agnes Kory

United Kingdom Sibelius, Shostakovich, Richard Strauss: Vadim Gluzman (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 4.2.2024. (AK)

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali with Vladim Gluzman on violin (previously at the RFH) © Mark Allan

Great performance and partnership: Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2 from Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

10/02/2024 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Elgar, R. Strauss, Rachmaninov: Louise Alder (soprano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 8.2.2024. (CK)

Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra © RPO

Higgins’s Horn Concerto and Goldscheider’s technical ease stand out a country mile at Cadogan Hall

09/02/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Maconchy, Mozart, Higgins, Sibelius: Ben Goldscheider (horn), London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren Green (conductor, except Mozart). Cadogan Hall, London, 7.2.2024. (CC)

(l-r) Gavin Higgins, Ben Goldscheider and Christopher Warren Green

Unique Gallic view of Bruckner from Nathalie Stutzmann and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican

10/02/202409/02/2024 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Mozart, Bruckner: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 8.2.2024. (JR)

Nathalie Stutzmann conducts pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and the LSO © Mark Allan

Lortie’s sensitive and perceptive interpretations of music by Fauré and some who studied with him

08/02/2024 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Various: Louis Lortie (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 4.2.2024. (GPu)

Louis Lortie at the Wigmore Hall © The Wigmore Hall Trust

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