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Lockdown culture Gweneth Ann Rand/Simon Lepper review – authoritative and polished
4 out of 5 stars.

Soprano Rand and pianist Lepper brought intensity, passion and nuance to songs by Wagner, Barber and Messiaen

Published: 3 Mar 2021

Lockdown culture Classical highlights: concerts and opera to watch in March

From witches to Weber, and Andriessen to Zimmermann – our pick of this month’s streamed music

Published: 28 Feb 2021

5 out of 5 stars.

Lockdown culture András Schiff at Wigmore Hall review – joy and solace
5 out of 5 stars.

Published: 16 Jan 2021
4 out of 5 stars.

Apartment House review – capturing Feldman's unique essence and sheer beauty
4 out of 5 stars.

Published: 11 Jan 2021

2021 culture preview Wonder breaks the silence: pop, rock and classical music for 2021

Cardi B pushes into Beyoncé’s turf and Sleaford Mods tot up the cost of Covid, while UK orchestras head back to the concert hall – our critics look ahead to big music moments

Published: 28 Dec 2020
Observer critics' review of 2020 Classical music: Fiona Maddocks's 10 best of 2020

The year will be long remembered for recitals to an empty Wigmore Hall, car-park Puccini, Ravel as animation – and one man and his piano…

Published: 26 Dec 2020

Lockdown culture Classical highlights for the week ahead: 20-27 November

Despite lockdown, there’s still plenty of new music-making across the UK available to an online audience. Here’s our pick of next week’s live-streamed and pre-recorded concerts

Published: 20 Nov 2020
5 out of 5 stars.

Lockdown culture Lawrence Power and Ryan Wigglesworth review – effortless brilliance
5 out of 5 stars.

The violist and composer-pianist thrill in Brahms, Britten and a Wigglesworth world premiere

Published: 14 Nov 2020

4 out of 5 stars.

Apartment House review – Julius Eastman's elusive music gets its due
4 out of 5 stars.

The British ensemble projected the unexpected intensity of Femenine and Joy Boy in the first evening of contemporary music in the hall’s autumn live-streamed season

Published: 21 Sep 2020
The week in classical: A Feast in the Time of Plague; Fidelio; Alban Gerhardt and Markus Becker – review

Grange Park Opera serves up a delicious cast for the world premiere of Alex Woolf and David Pountney’s timely new opera

Published: 19 Sep 2020
4 out of 5 stars.

Igor Levit review – Beethoven programme affirms deep affinity
4 out of 5 stars.

The pianist’s dynamic, live-streamed performance had all the immediacy of his twitter house concerts that became a lockdown phenomenon

Published: 17 Sep 2020
5 out of 5 stars.

Gerhaher/Huber review - intimate song recital opens Wigmore season
5 out of 5 stars.

Christian Gerhaher and Gerhold Huber’s programme of songs by Schubert and Berg was bittersweet and poignant; a very special occasion for audiences returned to the concert hall

Published: 14 Sep 2020

Lockdown culture Lockdown listening: classical music and opera to stream at home

With concert halls and opera houses closed, organisations and musicians across the world are livestreaming concerts and opening up their digital archives

Published: 29 Jul 2020

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Lockdown culture Mark Padmore/Mitsuko Uchida review – recital series ends on compelling and sombre note
4 out of 5 stars.

Padmore and Uchida’s punctilious and austere reading of Schubert’s Winterreise gave this final recital depth and clarity

Published: 26 Jun 2020
4 out of 5 stars.

Lockdown culture Angela Hewitt review – intimate and introspective Bach
4 out of 5 stars.

The pianist brought sinewy power and energy to a solo all-Bach programme that ended not with a flourish but quiet reflection

Published: 25 Jun 2020
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Lockdown culture Guy Johnston / Melvyn Tan review – each phrase allowed to speak naturally
4 out of 5 stars.

The cellist and pianist captured the whole range of emotions in tender Chopin, in a recital that revealed the delicate responsiveness within this partnership of equals

Published: 24 Jun 2020
3 out of 5 stars.

Lockdown culture Benjamin Baker/Timothy Ridout review – violin and viola duo make the most of thin pickings
3 out of 5 stars.

The repertoire for the pairing of these two instruments is not particularly distinguished, but these fine string players showcased the best of it

Published: 23 Jun 2020

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