United Kingdom Prokofiev: Igor Levit (piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 11.3.2025. (AK)
Prokofiev from Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra was something to cherish
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Janáček and Leonore No.3 score over a reined-in Beethoven’s Fifth in Cleveland
United States Beethoven, Janáček: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 13.3.2025. (MSJ)
Decoda gives a New York premiere of the eco-cantata A Forest Unfolding at Carnegie Hall
United States Various – ‘Human Nature’: Lucy Fitz Gibbon (soprano), Thomas Meglioranza (baritone), Richard Powers (narrator), Decoda. Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 11.2.2025. (RP)
A trio of glittering performances from Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Bartók, Ravel, Janáček: Robin Tritschler (tenor), Miklós Sebestyén (bass-baritone), Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), BBC Symphony Chorus (director: Neil Ferris), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 12.3.2025. (CK)
The LOC’s Götterdämmerung is at Sinfonia Smith Square on 19 October: Katie Barnes looks back at Siegfried
United Kingdom The London Opera Company’s Siegfried: Soloists, The London Opera Company Orchestra / Peter Selwyn (conductor). Sinfonia Smith Square, 2.11.2025. (KB)
Opera Rara’s Donizetti Song Project’s recent Cadogan Hall recital: Watch the stream now on YouTube
DONIZETTI SONG PROJECT: MICHAEL SPYRES & MARIE-NICOLE LEMIEUX – VOLS. 3&4 (ORR256&257) – release date: Friday 21 February
LONDON RECITAL – Monday 10 March, 7pm at Cadogan Hall
WATCH NOW ON OPERA’S RARA’s YOUTUBE (available 30 days from 16 March)
Amy & Carlos REBORN is a celebratory, heartwarming, dance extravaganza
United Kingdom Amy & Carlos REBORN: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 11.3.2025. (JPr)
Thanks for the memories: Abel Selaocoe and Aurora Orchestra give an unforgettable performance
United Kingdom Selaocoe and Beethoven: Abel Selaocoe (cello), Bernhard Schimpelsberger (percussion), Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 8.3.2025. (CSa)
