United Kingdom Sheffield Chamber Music Festival [2]: Beethoven Septet: Ensemble 360. Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield, 19.5.2026. (CC)
A Sheffield Beethoven concert of absolute joy from Ensemble 360
Colin Clarke
The Beckett/Feldman Words & Music made an unforgettable impression in Sheffield
United Kingdom Sheffield Chamber Music Festival [1] – Feldman & Beckett: Words & Music: Siobhán McSweeney (actor), Jonjo O’Neill (actor), Vicky Featherstone (director), ENSEMBLE 360 / George Morton (conductor). Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield, 18.5.2026. (CC)
Bernstein’s ‘The Age of Anxiety’ proves central to Pappano’s LSO concert
United Kingdom Britten, Bernstein, Tchaikovsky: Denis Kozhukhin (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 10.5.2026. (CC)
Piemontesi’s Wigmore Hall concert of Schubert and Liszt was a terrific achievement
United Kingdom Schubert, Liszt: Francesco Piemontesi (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 4.5.2026. (CC)
LPO’s Wozzeck loses its core power because of Shagalov’s slideshow and Gardner’s rushing
United Kingdom Multitudes … Wozzeck: Wretches Like Us: Soloists, London Voices; Tiffin Boys’ Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Projections by Ilya Shagalov. Royal Festival Hall, London, 25.4.2026. (CC)
Laurence Cummings and the AAM’s cornucopia of talent in the race for the Thomaskantor post in Leipzig
United Kingdom The Chosen One, or … Leipzig’s Got Talent!: Rowan Pierce (soprano), Helen Charlston (alto), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Ben Jazez (bass), Academy of Ancient Music / Laurence Cummings (director/harpsichord). Milton Court, London, 16.4.2026. (CC)
Gorini’s Gervasoni revelation and what a privilege to hear the Furrer UK premiere at the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Furrer, R. Schumann, Gervasoni, Beethoven: Filippo Gorini (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 15.4.2026. (CC)
Conductor Alpesh Chauhan proves a role model for the NYO and the results spoke for themselves
United Kingdom The National Youth Orchestra: Collide: The National Youth Orchestra / Alpesh Chauhan (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 11.4.2026. (CC)
