Salle: Seoul Arts Center: Concert Hall

The Vienna Philharmonic's tour reaches Seoul, where Seong-Jin Cho plays Beethoven before Tugan Sokhiev conducts Brahms’ sunny Second Symphony. 

Christiane Karg joins Myung-whun Chung and the KBS Symphony Orchestra for an all-Mahler programme at the Seoul Arts Center. 

Gustavo Gimeno conducts the Luxembourg Philharmonic on tour to Seoul, with performances of Brahms and Dvořák. 

Ahead of a European tour, the Seoul Philharmonic still have work to do on their Beethoven 9. 

Seong-Jin Cho’s premise in Prokofiev is compelling – to reconcile Russian gravitational attack and monumental construction with clarity, colour and contrapuntal legibility.

Yeol Eum Son’s Britten Piano Concerto formed the evening’s centre of gravity, played with lucid line, structural command and sudden fire. In Brahms’ Second Symphony, Sakari Oramo found conviction, proportion and a warmth that felt earned rather than applied.

Ludovic Morlot conducts the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra in three classics from the Romantic era: Berlioz, Chopin and Schumann. 

Yunchan Lim seldom seeks the spotlight in a reflective, conversational account of Schumann's Piano Concerto, conducted by Myung-whun Chung.