Live Performance

A collection of 76 posts

Live Performance

Evgeny Kissin at the Barbican: Bach, Chopin, Shostakovich

Kissin remains a force to be reckoned with

Live Performance

My Father's Son: Nicky Spence and Dylan Perez at Thaxted Festival

This is programming at the highest level realised by the finest of executants

Live Performance

Schubert and Byrd at Wigmore Hall: Mishka Rushdie Momen impresses, again

Mishka Rushdie Momen remains, as much as ever, a name to watch

Live Performance

Dudok Quartet Amsterdam at Wigmore Hall

Mozart, Tchaikovsky Dudok Quartet Amsterdam. Wigmore Hall, 1pm, 01.06.2025 Mozart String Quartet No. 14 in G, K 387 (1782)  Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 22 (1874)  The Dudok Quartet Amsterdam comprises Judith van Dreel and Marleen Wester, violins, Marie-Louise de Jong, viola, and Davd Faber,

Live Performance

Sheffield Chamber Music Festival (1): Saariaho, Boulez, Nono

Just when you thought the Boulez and Saaiaho couldn’t be topped, Luigi Nono comes along

Baroque Opera

David et Jonathas at Versailles

If you missed this sequence of only three performances (May 16-18) in France, do pick up the recorded set. You will not be disappointed

Solo Piano

Music at St Mary's, Perivale: Nikita Lukinov

A fine recital

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Alon Kariv plays Chopin at Cadogan Hall

It is difficult to think of a better way of spending a sunny Sunday afternoon

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Quatuor Danel at Wigmore Hall: Weinberg & Shostakovich

I came for the Weinberg, and was not disappointed in the slightest

Live Performance

Grand Concert pour les Aixois: the Verbier Festival CO in Aix en Provence

A most fascinating programme, brilliantly delivered

Live Performance

Bach @ Aix: Christophe Rousset & Les Talens Lyriques

There was much to admire here

Richard Strauss

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande at Aix

A memorable concert: a rare and valuable opportunity to hear the Richard Strauss Violin Concerto

Live Performance

Génération @ Aix: A French evening

There was huge talent on stage on this particular evening

Live Performance

Prokofiev's rarely-heard Second Symphony in London

This was a truly momentous performance of Prokofiev 2

Live Performance

Héloïse Werner and friends at Wigmore Hall

A remarkable evening

Opera

Lalo's "Le roi d'Ys": COG at Cadogan

May COG continue their good work  forever. A most enjoyable evening

Handel

Tales of Apollo & Hercules at the London Handel Festival

Splendid

Mozart

'La finta giardiniera' from The Mozartists

A tremendous evening; one fervently hopes for a recording

Beethoven

"Beethoven Wars" in Aix-en-Provence: A Manga Space Opera

Mangalicious! A momentous project

Live Performance

The Czech Philharmonic in London: Mozart and Mahler

What a ride!

Live Performance

Conductor Omer Meir Wellber impresses at Southbank

Sometimes substitutions, especially last-minute ones, result in s frisson that elevates a performance to great heights

Live Performance

Manchester Collective at Southbank Centre

As always, the Manchester Collective impressed

Live Performance

Tubin (and friends) at the Royal College of Music

The sheer brilliance throughout by these young players left me hungry for more

Live Performance

The LSO's three B's: Boulez, Benjamin, Brahms

Boulez 100, Rattle 70 ....

Baroque

Musica Gloria's UK debut in snowy Edinburgh

Amazing to think this is Musca Gloria’s first visit to the UK; may there be many more