by Guy Rickards | May 22, 2026 | Music, Reviews
Peter Mycroft, LSO, Sir Simon Rattle performing Gerhard’s Collages Photo (c) Mark Allan Lucy Crowe, soprano; Peter Mycroft, tape electronics; London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle Barbican Concert Hall, London, May 21, 2026 “A gamble, a real adventure... 
by Guy Rickards | Nov 22, 2025 | Music
Soloist, composer and conductor take their bow at the Barbican, 20 November 2025. Photo (c) Mark Allan 2025 Seong-Jin Cho, piano; London Symphony Orchestra / Maxime Pascal Barbican Concert Hall, London, 20 November 2025 Donghoon Shin’s new Piano Concerto (2024-25) is... 
by Guy Rickards | May 12, 2025 | Drama, Music
Not a sausage in sight! Peter Hoare (Brouček) and conductor Simon Rattle toast their success, with Aleš Briscein, Lucy Crowe, and the LSO (c) Mark Allan Peter Hoare, Lucy Crowe, Aleš Briscein, Gyula Orendt, Doubravka Novotná, Tenebrae, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir... 
by Music Editor | Sep 21, 2019 | Music
Brahms and Rachmaninov: the acceptable face of conservative programming? These two composers, each representing his own kind of retro-chic, make for a nice balance of sensual and intellectual, a celebration of the Romantic orchestra, of virtuosity and earnestness....