United Kingdom Watts, Saint-Saëns, Coleridge-Taylor: William Campbell (organ), Chineke! Orchestra / Leslie Suganandarajah (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.2.2024. (CK)
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Andrew Staples is remarkable as Jephte and Dido and Aeneas is beautifully rendered at the Barbican
United Kingdom Carissimi’s Jephte and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of Il Pomo d’Oro / Maxim Emelyanychev (harpsichord and conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 2.2.2024, (AK)
Truly beautiful Berlioz and Mahler from the Philharmonia under Santtu-Matias Rouvali
United Kingdom Berlioz, Mahler: Anu Komsi (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 1.2.2024. (JR)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra remembers the late Christopher Gunning on 10 March 2024
Composer Christopher Gunning Remembered in Concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra hosted by Poirot Actor Philip Jackson
On Sunday 10 March 2024, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra presents a concert dedicated to the memory of composer Christopher Gunning at London’s Cadogan Hall to raise funds for Help Musicians.
Thrilling and uplifting Elijah from the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra under Sir Antonio Pappano
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Elijah: Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), Gerald Finlay (bass), London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Mariana Rosa), The Guildhall Singers, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Barbican Hall, London. 28.1.2024. (JR)
Uchida, Dausgaard and the Philharmonia: brilliant Beethoven, but patchy Sibelius fails to ignite
United Kingdom Beethoven and Sibelius: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 25.1.2024 (CSa)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s dazzling Debussy at the Barbican Hall
United Kingdom Debussy: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 24.1.2024. (JC)