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Wigmore Soloists play Schubert’s Octet [Wigmore Hall livestream]

Jan 8, 2021 | Concert Reviews, Videos

Friday, January 8, 2021 Wigmore Hall, London For a delightful sixty-five minutes – balm to the ears and stimulation to the senses – this debut recital by Wigmore Soloists brought Schubert’s six-movement Octet (D803) to the World. Playing to an audience-free Wigmore...

Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Day Concert 2021 conducted by Riccardo Muti [live relay]

Jan 1, 2021 | Concert Reviews, Ramblings

From 10.15 this morning (UK time) I listened (on BBC Radio 3) and watched (BBC Two, sound muted) – not synchronised if only a few seconds apart, DAB arriving first – this latest of the Vienna Philharmonic’s NYD Concerts, which proved to be a tonic, many smiles and a...

SOME of my favourite recordings released last year, 2020 … and a few concert reviews.

Jan 1, 2021 | Concert Reviews, Ramblings, Recording Reviews

I am not one for musical league tables or for pigeonholing musicians, so what follows, while far from arbitrary, is in no order whatsoever; it’s simply as I recalled a particular release that I regard as special I included it below, so something has no doubt...

Berliner Philharmoniker – Kirill Petrenko conducts the New Year’s Eve Concert, Pablo Sáinz-Villegas plays Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez [live webcast]

Dec 31, 2020 | Concert Reviews, Guest Contributors, Videos

Thursday, December 31, 2020 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin Guest Reviewer, Ateş Orga Last year Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker went for an American-themed New Year’s Eve concert with a Broadway emphasis taking in the...

Berliner Philharmoniker – Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven, Seong-Jin Cho plays Liszt [live webcast]

Dec 20, 2020 | Concert Reviews, Guest Contributors, Videos

Saturday, December 19, 2020 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin Guest Reviewer, Ateş Orga Signing off the Berlin Philharmonic’s Beethoven 250 anniversary week – including four “Beethoven in close-up” programmes featuring the String Quartets...

Hallé – Second Concert of its Digital Winter Season – Mark Elder conducts; Roderick Williams sings.

Dec 11, 2020 | Concert Reviews, News, Videos

The Hallé has just released its second Digital Winter Season offering, recorded recently in Hallé St Peter’s, Manchester. It’s an intimate affair – the brass and percussion of Britten’s Russian Funeral contrasted by the strings and bell required for Arvo Pärt’s Cantus...