SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, BROADCASTS, AND THEATRE
United Kingdom Haydn, Mahler/Schnittke, Tchaikovsky: Alena Baeva (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Omer Meir Wellber (conductor/harpsichord/piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 1.3.2025. (CC)
United Kingdom Ogonek, Britten, Shostakovich: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Elim Chan (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 28.2.2025. (KMcD)
United Kingdom Coleridge-Taylor, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Martha Argerich (piano), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 24.2.2025. (AK)
United Kingdom León, Grieg, Richard Strauss: Steven Osborne (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 21.2.2025. (MBr)
Opera Holland Park’s 2025 Season
New productions of two dark Gothic fantasies. The return of an explosive contemporary classic. Sentiment and satire in two co-productions with Scottish Opera and D’Oyly Carte. A succession of significant role and house debuts, a recital series exploring the connections between opera and song, and a revival of a much-loved tragedy of first and last love.
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Tüür: Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Philharmonia / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.2.2025. (JR)
United Kingdom Bach, MacMillan, Weir and Schubert: Steven Osborne (piano). Wigmore Hall, London. 24.2.2025. (CSa)
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff: Daniel Lozakovich (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Tugan Sokhiev (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 20.2.2025. (MBr)
