Concert Reviews
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Concert review: Simone Porter (violin)
Leah Hollingsworth ventures into the Crypt of the Intercession, New York, on 29 May 2025 for the performance of Reena Esmail, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Hildegard von Bingen, Andrew Norman and Biber
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Concert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Bruce Hodges visits Philadelphia’s Marian Anderson Hall on 6 June 2025 for the performance of Shostakovich, Natalie Klouda, Saint-Georges and Mozart
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Concert review: Ying Quartet, Derek Bermel (clarinet)
Bruce Hodges attends the opening night of the Bowdoin International Music Festival at the Studzinski Recital Hall in Brunswick, Maine, on 30 June 2025
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Concert review: Brevard Artist Faculty Concert
Leah Hollingsworth visits the Parker Concert Hall in Brevard, North Carolina, 30 June 2025 for the performance of Brahms, Milhaud, Cindy McTee and Shostakovich
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Concert review: Ehnes Quartet
Charlotte Gardner attends the performance of Beethoven, Janáček and Brahms at London’s Wigmore Hall on 19 June 2025
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Concert review: Fenella Humphreys (violin)
Edward Bhesania visits London’s Kings Place on 20 June 2025 for the recital of Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Marcus Rock, Laura Shipsey, Michael Small, Ailie Robertson, Daniel Kidane, Biber and Bach
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Concert review: Rosanne Philippens (violin) Zoltán Fejérvári (piano)
Edward Bhesania visits London’s Wigmore Hall on 22 June 2025 for the performance of Poulenc, Britten, Fauré and Ravel
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Concert review: Lawrence Power (viola) Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon
Janet Banks visits London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on 29 June 2025 for the performance of Berlioz and Mendelssohn
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Concert review: Pablo Ferrández (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Domingo Hindoyan
Edward Bhesania hears the performance of Roberto Sierra, Elgar and Rachmaninoff at London’s Barbican Hall on 19 May 2025
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Concert review: Blake Pouliot (violin) Henry Kramer (piano)
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Bao Zhi Yang, Janáček, Derrick Skye, Pirayeh Pourafar and Prokofiev at New York’s Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, on 8 May 2025
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Concert review: Brentano Quartet
Bruce Hodges hears the performance of all six of Haydn’s op.33 Quartets at Philadelphia’s American Philosophical Society on 4 May 2025
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Concert review: Yulia Deyneka (viola) Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
Carlos Maria Solare hears the performance of Roslavets, Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Shostakovich at Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal on 12 June 2025
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Concert review: Castalian Quartet, Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello)
Janet Banks visits London’s Wigmore Hall on 16 May 2025 for the recital of Natalie Klouda, Thomas Adès and Schubert
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Concert review: Diotima Quartet
Peter Quantrill pays a visit to London’s Milton Court on 18 May 2025 for this Boulez anniversary recital, with a smattering of Bach and Webern
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Concert review: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Pablo Ferrández (cello) Yefim Bronfman (piano)
Leah Hollingsworth hears the annual Isaac Stern Memorial Concert at the Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, on 6 May 2025
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Blogs
Concert review: an evening at Seattle Chamber Music Society’s 2025 Summer Festival
US correspondent Thomas May attends Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival concert on 15 July 2025
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Review
Concert review: Adele Anthony, Gil Shaham (violins) Sejong Soloists
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Vivaldi, Bach, David Diamond and Avner Dorman at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, NY, US, on 8 April 2025
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Concert review: Rudersdal Chamber Players
Leah Hollingsworth visits New York’s Symphony Space on 16 April 2025 for the recital of Elena Firsova, Victoria Bond, Andrew Waggoner and Poul Ruders
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Concert review: Danish Quartet
Bruce Hodges travels to Philadelphia’s Perelman Theater on 2 April 2025 for a performance of Schubert, Sørensen and Nielsen
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Concert review: Musicians from Marlboro
Bruce Hodges attends the performance of Haydn, Mozart and Helmut Lachenmann at Philadelphia’s American Philosophical Society on 30 April 2025