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Phenomenal Philharmonia concert conducted by Ryan Bancroft (absolutely a star in the making)

27/08/202305/05/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Sibelius, Beethoven, Nielsen: Sir Stephen Hough (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 4.5.2023. (CC)

ENO’s Blue is a miss as an opera, but has top-flight singers and a conductor at the top of his game

27/08/202301/05/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Tesori, Blue: Soloists, Orchestra of English National Opera / Matthew Kofi Waldren (conductor). London Coliseum, 30.4.2023. (CC)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s remarkable recital at the QEH connects musical threads across centuries

30/04/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Various, Piano Fantasies: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 8.4.2023. (CC)

Adventurous recital programme, outstandingly performed by Claron McFadden and Alexander Melnikov

29/04/2023 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Various: Claron McFadden (soprano), Alexander Melnikov (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 28.4.2023. (MB)

Saariaho’s Innocence at Covent Garden is music of our time at its most powerful

29/04/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Saariaho, Innocence (2018): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 26.4.2023. (CC)

A scene from *Innocence* © Tristram Kenton

Randall Goosby wows in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Philharmonia

28/04/2023 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Randall Goosby (violin). Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.4.2023. (JR)

Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conducts the Philharmonia © Sisi Burn

Royal drama and exemplary Mahler: the London Philharmonic under Edward Gardner on best form

27/04/2023 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Brett Dean, Mahler: Emma Bell (soprano), Elsa Dreisig (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.4.2023. (JR)

Edward Gardner conducts Elsa Dreisig, Emma Bell, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra © LPO

Goethe and Byron transformed: Petrenko and the RPO play Dukas and Tchaikovsky’s Manfred

27/04/2023 by Marc Bridle

United Kingdom Dukas, Elgar, Tchaikovsky: Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.4.2023. (MBr)

Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra © Mark Allan

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