CONCERT REVIEWS

2024

31 October Weimar - Zhonghua Wei

9 October Budapest - Liszt Fest

12 September London Prom 71 ~ Cho

5 August London Prom 23 ~ London Philharmonic Orchestra - Gardner, Grosvenor

29 July London Prom 14 ~ BBC Symphony Orchestra - Järvi, Lim

22 May ~ Bicentenary Ninths

2023

22 January Cambridge ~ Chapel Perilous

22 January London ~ London Philharmonic, Tan Dun's Buddha Passion UK premiere

11 February Cleveland ~ Cleveland Orchestra - Mäkelä

16 February London ~ London Symphony Orchestra - Roth, Kopatchinskaja

11 March Hanover ~ NDR Radiophilharmonie - Manze

3 April Paris ~ Debargue

4 May Bremen ~ Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Järvi, Gabetta

25 May Dortmund ~ Chamber Orchestra of Europe - Blomstedt

27 May Cologne ~ WDR Sinfonieorchester - Bringuier, Piemontesi

29, 30 May London, Oxford ~ Batsashvili

16 July Pärnu Music Festival ~ Estonian Festival Orchestra - Järvi, Mesak

21 July Pärnu Music Festival ~ Estonian Festival Orchestra - Järvi, Say

29 September Frankfurt ~ Frankfurt Radio Symphony - Suzuki

8 October London ~ London Symphony Orchestra - Pappano, Kopatchinskaja

20 October Limerick ~ Irish Chamber Orchestra - Bezuidenhout

2022

12 January ~ Winter Downloads, New Year Diversions - Franck, Celibidache, Antonini, Savall

24 January London ~ Brauß

26 January Basel ~ Il Giardino Armonico & Kammerorchester Basel - Antonini

6 February London ~ Philharmonia - Rouvali, Kantorow

12 February Berlin ~ Berliner Philharmoniker - Petrenko, Schiff

27 February London ~ Babayan, Argerich

13 March London ~ Ukrainians, Russians, Mozart at St Mary's Perivale

14 March London ~ Fliter

19 March London ~ Levanon

27 March Berlin ~ For Freedom and Peace - Nodoka Okisawa, Kissin, Pogossov, Kashimoto, Sinkevich, 

members of Berliner Philharmoniker

1 May Liepāja ~ Berliner Philharmoniker European Concert - Petrenko,  Garanča

6 May Berlin ~ Berliner Philharmoniker - Manacorda, Gerhaher

7 May Berlin ~ Karajan Academy 50th Anniversary - Petrenko, Okisawa, Delepelaire

10 May London ~ Klinton

26 May London ~ Philharmonia - Blomstedt, Pires

3 June London ~ Oslo Philharmonic - Mäkelä, Davidsen

6 June London ~ Guildhall School of Music & Drama Summer Opera double-bill 

10 June Valletta ~ Music for a While - Ghigo, Camilleri Podesta, Fiorini

25 June Rheingau Music Festival ~ Frankfurt Radio Symphony - Altinoğlu 

25 July Pärnu Music Festival 2022

7 August London BBC Proms ~ Mahler Chamber Orchestra - Andsnes

12 August London BBC Proms ~ Oslo Philharmonic - Mäkelä, Wang

28 August London BBC Proms ~ Nathan Laube [editorial]

31 August Warsaw ~ Chopin & His Europe Festival - RPO, Petrenko, Liu

4 September London BBC Proms ~ Berliner Philharmoniker - Harding,  Zimmermann 

29 October Cologne ~ WDR Sinfonieorchester 75th-Anniversary Concert - Măcelaru

19 November Cologne ~ WDR Sinfonieorchester - Slobodeniouk, Helmchen

23 November London ~ Gerstein

2021

22 January Zürich ~ Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich - Järvi

29 January Berlin ~ Berliner Philharmoniker - Petrenko, Trifonov

28 July Pärnu Music Festival

29 July Battle Festival - Kosyakov

7 August London BBC Proms ~ Jonathon Heyward's Eroica

28 August Bucharest  George Enescu Festival ~ George Enesco PO - Järvi, Hahn

7 September Bucharest George Enescu Festival ~ Münchner Philharmoniker - Gergiev, Capuçon

8 September Bucharest George Enescu Festival ~ RPO - Petrenko, Fischer

15 September Zürich Tonhalle inauguration ~ Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich - Järvi, Lehmkuhl

18 September Berlin ~ Berliner Philharmoniker - Petrenko, Kopatchinskaja

21 September  Bucharest George Enescu Festival ~ East-West CO - Krimer, Dautricourt

22 September Bucharest George Enescu Festival ~ Romanian YO – Mandeal, Volodin

24 September Bucharest George Enescu Festival – Orchestra di Santa Cecilia – Gatti, Harnisch

25 September Berlin ~ Berliner Philharmoniker - Sokhiev, Lugansky

4 November London ~ KaJeng Wong

14 November Warsaw ~ Gevorgyan

25 November Budapest ~ Frankl, Keleman Quartet

8 December Stockholm ~ Royal Stockholm Philharmonic - Bancroft, Gabetta

10 December Tallinn ~ Estonian National Symphony Orchestra - Elts, Ruubel

2020

May 9 Gothenburg ~ Göteborgs Symfoniker - Rouvali

May 13, 15 Gothenburg ~ Göteborgs Symfoniker - Rouvali

May 27 Paris ~ Orchestre de Paris

June 3 Bergen International Festival ~ Oslo Philharmonic - Andsnes

June 5 Amsterdam ~ Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Gimeno

June 7 Dortmund ~ Konzerthausorchester Berlin - Gražinytė-Tyla, Soltani

June 10 Stockholm ~ Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra - Gilbert

June 13 Berlin ~ Berliner Philharmoniker - Petrenko

15 June London ~ BBC Wigmore - Cooper

19 June Cologne, Amsterdam ~ Măcelaru, Levit, Bychkov

25 June Sychrov Castle ~ Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Bychkov, Masaryk

26 June Hamburg ~ Argerich, Capuçon

27 June Toulouse ~ L’Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse - Sokhiev, Chamayou 

2 July Caramoor ~ Barnatan

5 July Internationale Schostakowitsch Tage Gohrisch ~ Shostakovich Premieres - Avdeeva, Trifonov, Masleev

6 July Rencontres Musicales d’Évian ~ Quatuor Modigliani - Chamayou, Dubost, Capuçon

22 July Festival Wanderer 1 ~ Solsberg Festival: Solsberg - Gabetta, Meyer, Cho

30 July Festival Wanderer 2 ~ Pärnu Music Festival

22 August Festival Wanderer 3 ~ Salzburg Festival: Wiener Philharmoniker - Thielemann

[26 August] Festival Wanderer 4 ~ Chopin and His Europe: Baeva, Kholodenko

4 September Festival Wanderer 5 ~ Dvořák Prague International Music Festival: Czech Philharmonic - Bychkov, Petr

6 September Festival Wanderer 6 ~ Musikfest Berlin: Altstaedt

CD DVD REVIEWS

MISCELLANEOUS

2024

4 May ~ Bruckner Eight -  Context, Videography, Discography

1 September ~ Leonard Slatkin at Eighty

2023

11 March ~ Ayşegül Sarıca

2 November ~ Ichmouratov's Piano and Viola Concertos

2 November ~ Yuri Temirkanov

2022

5 May ~ Paavo Järvi’s Tchaikovsky Symphonies - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich

23 May ~ Norma Fisher's BBC Recordings Vols 1-3

25 May ~ Jerfi Aji's Poems, Colours, Flames

31 May ~ Ivana Gavrić's Grieg

2 June ~ Jeffrey Ginn

11 September ~ Estonian Premieres - Estonian Festival Orchestra

28 September ~ Eric Tungay's In a Dream

2020

May 31 ~ Neglected British Composers - Adrian Williams, Havergal Brian

May 31 ~ Celibidache's Bruckner Four

June 4 ~ Colour and Light - Williamson

9 June ~ Homage to Godowsky - Gugnin

15 June ~ Grieg's Piano Rolls

19 June ~ Celibidache's Enescu

20 June ~ Haydn's Da capos

27 June ~ Studio Sterility

30 June ~ Loughran

11 July ~ McCabe

20 July ~ Haydn 82

21 July ~ Feinberg - Hamelin

30 July ~ LSO personnel

4 August ~ Leon Fleisher - obituary