United Kingdom & Juliet: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 5.5.2025. (JPr)
A superb cast reimagines Shakespeare in the joyful and absolutely unmissable & Juliet
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An enjoyable evening of Ravel and Puccini in Valencia
Spain Ravel, Puccini: Soloists, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana / Michele Spotti (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 4.5.2025. (JMI)
Janáček’s astonishing Mr Brouček gets a wonderful performance from Rattle, soloists, Tenebrae and LSO
United Kingdom Janáček, The Excursions of Mr Brouček (‘Výlety páně Broučkovy’, concert performance): Soloists, Tenebrae; London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 4.5.2025 (CC)
Frederica von Stade joins CMS in the Alice Tully Hall to celebrate Charles Wadsworth
United States R. Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Goldberg – ‘The Wadsworth Legacy’: Soloists. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, 2.5.2025. (RP)
Fibonacci Quartet dazzle and move their audience in a well-conceived programme
United Kingdom Various, Life & Dance: Fibonacci Quartet (Luna De Mol, Kryštof Kohout [violins], Elliot Kempson [viola], Findlay Spence [cello]). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, 2.5.2025. (GPu)
Long Play Festival’s 100 Tubas move more than music
United States Bang on a Can – ‘Long Play Festival’: Various players. Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, 3.5.2025. (DS)
An interview with Alon Kariv who plays Chopin’s First Piano Concerto at the Cadogan Hall on Sunday 11 May
Pianist Alon Kariv in conversation with Colin Clarke
Israeli pianist Alon Kariv will play Chopin’s First Piano Concerto on Sunday, May 11 at London’s Cadogan Hall with the English Chamber Orchestra (information here). Ahead of that performance I met Alon to discuss all things piano, some previous notable performances and, of course, his relationship with Chopin and that composer’s works.
The fierce and tragic beauty of Ainadamar at LA Opera
United States Osvaldo Golijov, Ainadamar: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / Lina González-Granados (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 26.4.2025. (JRo)
