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All concert reviews from the UK.

Ema Nikolovska and Sir Andras Schiff at Wigmore Hall: an artistic event of top quality to cherish

15/06/2024 by Agnes Kory

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Dvořák, Schumann: Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano), Sir Andras Schiff (piano, fortepiano). Wigmore Hall, London, 8.6.2024. (AK)

Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano) and Sir Andras Schiff (piano, fortepiano)

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Leaving the Festival Hall on cloud nine: the Philharmonia’s excellent Liszt, Shostakovich and Elgar

12/06/2024 by Agnes Kory

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Liszt, Shostakovich and Elgar: Sol Gabetta (cello), Philharmonia / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 6.6.2024. (AK)

Cellist Sol Gabetta performing with the Philharmonia © Marc Gascoigne

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Chineke! scintillate in music forgotten, brand new, and recomposed

12/06/2024 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sowande, Kinoshi, Richter: Rosie Bergonzi (handpan), Elena Urioste (violin), Chineke!. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 8.6.2024. (CK)

Violinist Elena Urioste performing with Chineke! © Chuko Cribb

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales ends its season on an optimistic note in Cardiff

08/06/2024 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dvořák, Higdon, Dawson: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 6.6.2024. (PCG)

Ryan Bancroft conducts cellist Alisa Weilerstein and the BBC NOW

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My Favourite Things: an evening to treasure from Louise Alder, Ben Bliss and James Baillieu

07/06/2024 by Keith McDonnell

United KingdomUnited Kingdom My Favourite Things: Louise Alder (soprano), Ben Bliss (tenor) and James Baillieu (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 2.6.2024. (KMcD)

Louise Alder (soprano), Ben Bliss (tenor) and James Baillieu (piano)

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Mixed results from an eclectic orchestral extravaganza as Dudamel and the LA Phil return to London

08/06/202403/06/2024 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams, Ortiz, Dvořák: María Dueñas (violin), Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 2.6.2024. (CC)

Gustavo Dudamel conducts violinist María Dueñas and the LA Phil © Mark Allan/Barbican

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Nicolas Hodges’s Messiaen performance, not of extremes, but one that embraced extremes

02/06/2024 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Messiaen, Vingt régards de l’enfant-Jésus (1944): Nicolas Hodges (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 31.5.2024. (CC)

Nicolas Hodges rehearsing at the Wigmore Hall

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What a privilege as well as utter joy to be present for Esther from Solomon’s Knot

03/06/202402/06/2024 by Agnes Kory

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Esther HWV50a (c.1718): Soloists, Baroque ensemble, Solomon’s Knot (artistic director: Jonathan Sells). Wigmore Hall, London, 27.5.2024. (AK)

The performers involved in Handel’s Esther at the Wigmore Hall © Solomon’s Knot

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