United Kingdom Thorvaldsdottir, Ligeti, John Luther Adams: BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 8.10.2025. (CC)
Extraordinary BBC SO concert under Stasevska of works that rely mainly on texture
Colin Clarke
Despite laudable Mahler it is Abrahamsen that will linger longest from Gardner and the LPO
United Kingdom Abrahamsen, Mahler: Jennifer France (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 3.10.2025. (CC)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Jaime Martin and the Melbourne SO show their professionalism at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [24] – Sutherland, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky: Khatia Buniatishvili (piano); Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Jaime Martín (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.8.2025. (CC)
Young talent on display at Gstaad: violinist Georgii Moroz and pianist Marco Scilironi
Switzerland Gstaad Menuhin Festival [2] – Matinée des Jeunes Étoiles VI: Georgii Moroz (violin), Marco Scilironi (piano). Gstaad Chapel, Gstaad, 23.8.2025. (CC)
Music-making of the highest possible standard from the Hagens in Gstaad
Switzerland Gstaad Menuhin Festival 2025 [1] – Ernster Humor: Hagen String Quartet with Mao Fujita (piano). Saanen Church, Switzerland, 21.8.2025. (CC)
A most memorable Prom concert from Johannes Moser, Eva Ollikainen and the BBC SO
United Kingdom BBC PROMS 2025 [14] – Varèse, Thovaldsdottir, Ravel, Stravinsky: Johannes Moser (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Eva Ollikainen (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2025. (CC)
Ensemble Amarine Belladiva’s concert was an absolute joy: my preferred event of L’Itinéraire
France Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [7]: L’Itinéraire [5]: Les Délices de l’Âme: Ensemble Amarine Belladiva (Zuzana Badárová [soprano], Michaela Ambrosi [transverse flute], Barbara Maria Willi [harpsichord]). Rauzet Priory, Combiers, France, 2.8.2025. (CC)
L’Itinéraire explores music by Hellendaal, Ruloffs, Focking and de Fesch from Dutch Baroque
France Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [6]: L’Itinéraire [4] – Dutch Baroque plays Dutch Baroque: Dutch Baroque (Ivan Iliev [violin], Beniamino Paganini [transverse flute], Anne-Linde Visser [cello], Gerard de Wit [organ/harpsichord/director]). Église Saint-Pierre d’Edon, France, 2.8.2025. (CC)
