Yunchan Lim, piano. Mozart: Piano Sonata in C K279; Piano Sonata in D K284; Fantasia in D minor K397; Piano Sonata in F K332; Piano Sonata in A minor K310. This is only the second time I have heard Yunchan Lim play live – the first being a Prom not long after lockdown – maybeContinue reading “Yunchan Lim, Mozart (1). Wigmore Hall, 15/10/26”
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Wagner, Parsifal, ROHCG 9/10/26
Director, Evgeny Titov; Set Designer, Etienne Pluss; Costume Designer, Esther Bialas; Lighting Designer, D. M. Wood; Video Designer, Christopher Ash. Conductor, Jakub Hrůša. Parsifal, Stanislas de Barbeyrac; Kundry, Ekaterina Gubanova; Christian Gerhaher, Amfortas; Christian Gerhaher; Gurnemanz, Andreas Bauer Kanabas (replacing Brindley Sherratt); Klingsor, Mark Stone; Titurel, James Platt The ROHCG website announced that “This productionContinue reading “Wagner, Parsifal, ROHCG 9/10/26”
Offenbach, Barkouf; Halle/Opera Rara, Bridgewater Hall 4/10/26
The Hallé, ENO Chorus, Opera Rara. Paul Daniel Conductor; Alistair McGowan, narrator; Loïc Félix, Bababeck; Mathias Vidal, Saëb; François Piolino, Kaliboul’; Philippe Talbot, Xaïloum; Anne-Catherine Gillet, Maïma; Valerie Eickhoff, Balkis; Katia Ledoux, Périzade; Thibault de Damas, Le grand Mogol. This is not a well-known work – as I suppose its appearance under the auspices ofContinue reading “Offenbach, Barkouf; Halle/Opera Rara, Bridgewater Hall 4/10/26”
Mozart, Don Giovanni. ROHCG, 2/10/26
Conductor, Stefano Montanari. Gordon Bintner, Don Giovanni; Roberto Tagliavini, Leporello; Lydia Katarina, Donna Anna; Aigul Akhmetshina, Donna Elvira; Bogdan Volkov, Don Ottavio; Chelsea Zurflüh, Zerlina; Dingle Yandell, Masetto; Andreas Bauer Kanabas, The Commendatore. Director, Kasper Holten; Set Designer, Es Devlin; Costume Designer, Anja Vang Kragh; Lighting Designer, Bruno Poet I last heard Stefano Montanari conductContinue reading “Mozart, Don Giovanni. ROHCG, 2/10/26”
Handel, Alcina. ROHCG, 25/9/26
Director, Richard Jones; Designer, Antony McDonald, Lighting Designer, Lucy Carter, Conductor, David Bates. Alcina, Lisette Oropesa; Ruggiero, Emily D’Angelo; Morgana, Mary Bevan; Bradamante, Beth Taylor; Oronte, Ru Charlesworth; Atlante, Edward Grint I loved this this award-winning production when it was new in 2022, and now it’s back with some of the same cast – notablyContinue reading “Handel, Alcina. ROHCG, 25/9/26”
Mahler 9, RAH BBC Proms, 11/9/26
Mahler Academy Orchestra, Philipp von Steinaecker After a very crowded, but respectful, Choral Evensong at Westminster Abbey (lots of Byrd and Orlando Gibbons) I went to my last Prom. I had said to myself a few years ago that I would give Mahler a miss for a while (this Symphony I must have known forContinue reading “Mahler 9, RAH BBC Proms, 11/9/26”
Vikingur Olafsson, Wigmore Hall 10/9/26
Bach, Prelude in E BWV854 from The Well-tempered Clavier Book I; Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor Op. 90; Bach, Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV830; Schubert, Piano Sonata in E minor D566; Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109 On then to the conclusion of the Proms and theContinue reading “Vikingur Olafsson, Wigmore Hall 10/9/26”
British Music, RLPO, Manze. RAH BBC Proms, 4/9/26
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Britten Violin Concerto; Carmel Smickersgill A Brick Thrown with Love ; Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 9 in E minor . Simone Lamsma violin; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze conductor The puzzle I pondered over in relation to this concert before the event was why itContinue reading “British Music, RLPO, Manze. RAH BBC Proms, 4/9/26”
Beethoven, Scriabin. Berlin Philharmonic, Petrenko. RAH BBC Proms, 3/9/26
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major; Scriabin Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘The Divine Poem’, Augustin Hadelich violin, Berlin Philharmonic, Kirill Petrenko conductor This was the fourth performance of the Scriabin work at the Proms – the others being 1918, 1921 and 2010 (with Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting). The concert looked to be a moreContinue reading “Beethoven, Scriabin. Berlin Philharmonic, Petrenko. RAH BBC Proms, 3/9/26”
Elgar/Tchaikovsky, Berlin Philharmonic, Petrenko. RAH BBC Proms, 2/9/26
Elgar ‘Enigma’ Variations; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor. Berlin Philharmonic Kirill Petrenko conductor So – the big one; more or less the first classical BBC Prom to sell out this year on Day 1 online (at c. no 6000 in the online waiting on the first day of booking I couldn’t get myContinue reading “Elgar/Tchaikovsky, Berlin Philharmonic, Petrenko. RAH BBC Proms, 2/9/26”
