United Kingdom Midsummer Music Festival 2024: St Mary’s Church, Amersham. 8.6.2024. (CSa)
At the end of the Metropolitan Line: sublime midsummer chamber music from Paul Lewis and friends
Christopher Sallon
Eroica by Heart: Nicholas Collon’s Aurora defies concert conventions in an unforgettable and heartfelt way
United Kingdom R. Strauss, Beethoven: Tom Service (presenter), Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 8.5.2024. (CSa)
Unaccompanied but never alone: Kavakos in a transcendent account of Bach’s set of six solo violin works
United Kingdom JS Bach: Leonidas Kavakos (violin). Barbican Hall, London, 2 and 3.5.2024. (CSa)
A superb revival: Royal Opera House’s Lucia di Lammermoor turns tragedy into triumph
United Kingdom Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Actors, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. 19.4.2024. (CSa)
Daphnis and Chloé: Tenebrae and LSO under Pappano administer Half Six Fix’s powerful shot of Ravel
United Kingdom Ravel: Tenebrae, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Barbican Hall, London. 16.4.2024. (CSa)
Full-blooded Brahms at Wigmore Hall: Hahn and Haefliger unite in a virtuosic tour-de force
United Kingdom Brahms: Hilary Hahn (violin), Andreas Haefliger (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 6.4.2024. (CSa)
Historically informed: Southbank and the Barbican celebrate Easter with authentic Bach performances
United Kingdom Bach: Soloists, Orchestra and Choir of the Age of Enlightenment / Peter Whelan (director and harpsichord). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 27.3.2024. (CSa)
Beguiling Philharmonia programme crossing national borders and mixing musical genres
United Kingdom Glinka, Kapustin, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov: Frank Dupree (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.3.2024. (CSa)
