United Kingdom Manchester Collective – Patterns in Repeat: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 28.6.2026. (CC)
Manchester Collective’s gentle boundary pushing at London’s QEH possibly needed more grit
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A semi-staged Turandot is yet more distinguished Puccini from Opera Holland Park
United Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Opera Holland Park Youth Chorus (chorus master: Joe Cummings) and Chorus (chorus master: Richard Harker), City of London Sinfonia / Naomi Woo (conductor). Opera Holland Park, London, 23.6.2026. (MB)
Witty and elegant The Truth uses laughter to explore deception, narcissism, honesty and love
United Kingdom Florian Zeller’s The Truth: Apollo Theatre, London, 24.6.2026. (JH) ****
At the Barbican Hall there was another Leonskaja concert to be treasured
United Kingdom Elisabeth Leonskaja In Recital: Barbican Hall, London, 23.6.2024. (CC)
Highly rewarding concert from Håkan Hardenberger, the MCO and Daniel Harding
United Kingdom Haydn, Hummel, and Beethoven: Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 22.6.2026. (MB)
A review of NT’s compelling, if thought-provoking, Les Liaisons Dangereuses in cinemas from 25 June
United Kingdom NTLive’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses (by Christopher Hampton based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos): Filmed (directed by Ollie Gardner) during its run at the Lyttelton Theatre at London’s Royal National Theatre and now in cinemas from 25 June. (JPr) ****
Anna Lapwood fires up Bristol Beacon’s organ with Chloé van Soeterstède and the Bournemouth SO
United Kingdom Saint-Saëns, Poulenc, Boulanger: Anna Lapwood (organ), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Chloé van Soeterstède (conductor). Bristol Beacon, 17.6.2026. (CK)
Keeping it all in the family: A treasured performance by four Kanneh -Masons at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Mozart, Haydn, De Falla, Barber, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev: Braimah Kanneh-Mason (violin), Mariatu Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano), Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano). Wigmore Hall, London. 16.6.2026. (CSa)
