Carter Johnson’s worthy victory at the Dublin International Piano Competition

IrelandIreland Dublin International Piano Competition 2025 – Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Anson Ying Shun Wong (piano), Young-Ho Shin (piano), Carter Johnson (piano), National Symphony Orchestra / Jonas Alber (conductor). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 16.5.2025. (RB)

Carter Johnson (piano), Jonas Alber (conductor) and the National Symphony Orchestra © Joanne Taaffe/NSO

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Federica Lombardi shines in a first-class production of Le nozze di Figaro from The Met: Live in HD

United StatesUnited States Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera, New York / Joana Mallwitz (conductor), Metropolitan Opera, New York, performance of 26.4.2025, seen at Avenue Cinema, Belfast, 30.4.2025. (RB)

Olga Kulchynska (Susanna), Federica Lombardi (Countess) and Sun-Ly Pierce (lying, Cherubino) © Evan Zimmerman/Met Opera

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Mark Chambers bids a stylish farewell to Sestina Music with a celebration of the Concerts Spirituel

United KingdomUnited Kingdom De Lalande, Corelli – Concert Spirituel: Sestina Music / Mark Chambers (Director), Fisherwick Presbyterian Church, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 25.4.2025. (RB)

Sestina Music’s Concert Spirituel at Fisherwick Presbyterian Church © Frederike Gerstner

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Excellent account of James MacMillan’s St John Passion marks Good Friday in Dublin

IrelandIreland Sir James MacMillan’s St John Passion: Seán Boylan (Christus), National Symphony Chorus (choral director: David Young), Chamber Choir Ireland, National Symphony Orchestra / David Hill (conductor). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 18.4.2025. (RB)

Seán Boylan (Christus) © Joanne Taaffe

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First-rate Dublin concert of Dessner and Stravinsky featuring great playing from the soloists and the NSO

IrelandIreland Bryce Dessner, Stravinsky: Bryce Dessner and David Chalmin (guitars), Katia and Marielle Labèque (pianos), National Symphony Orchestra / André de Ridder (conductor). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 11.4.2025. (RB)

André de Ridder conducts pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque and the NSO in Bryce Dessner’s Concerto for Two Pianos

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