Very fine if not perfect Royal Festival Hall Gerontius from the City of London Choir and the RPO

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Elgar: Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), James Platt (baritone), The Choir of King’s College Cambridge, City of London Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel Hyde (Music Director of both choirs and conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 13.3.2024. (JR)

City of London Choir’s The Dream of Gerontius © Frances Marshall

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Historic Shostakovich from Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic: A concert for our times

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shostakovich: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Cello) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 7.3. 2025. (CSa)

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Semyon Bychkov © Mark Allan/Barbican

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The London Sinfonietta’s enthralling and enjoyable evening of Cage and Boulez

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Boulez and Cage: Mark van de Wiel (clarinet), Sarah Nicolls (prepared piano), London Sinfonietta / Thomas Kemp (conductor), Michael McCarthy (director), Francesca Amewudah-Rivers (actor). Purcell Room, London, 9.3.2025. (MB)

Thomas Kemp conducts the London Sinfonietta © Monika S Jakubowska

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LPO at the Royal Festival Hall: Fleming’s artistry in Richard Strauss and Guggeis’s propulsive Wagner

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, R. Strauss – Renée Fleming sings Strauss: Renée Fleming (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 5.3.2025. (JPr)

Thomas Guggeis conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra © LPO

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