Seoul Arts Center: Renes and Lisiecki play Beethoven and Mahler

Lawrence Renes and the Seoul Arts Center Festival Orchestra

Jan Lisiecki

By SangKwon Lee, 11 August 2025

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“Sentences that likely looked immaculate in draft betrayed their crossings when brought to light.”

Reviewed at Seoul Arts Center: Concert Hall, Seoul on 10 August 2025

Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Op.37

Mahler, Symphony no. 1 in D major "Titan"

Jan Lisiecki, Piano

SAC Festival Orchestra

Lawrence Renes, Conductor

Renes replaces Runnicles in a remarkable Philharmonia Bruckner 8

Dominic Lowe, 19th February

Stepping in for Sir Donald Runnicles at very short notice, Lawrences Renes conducts the Philharmonia in a sleek and vivid reading of Bruckner's magisterial Eighth Symphony.

****1

Ehnes and Renes star in memorable all-Beethoven evening in Singapore

Chang Tou Liang, 9th November

Another all-Beethoven concert? But was this the Singapore Symphony's best in our writer’s 45 years of concert-going?

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Abel Selaocoe brings his spirited musicianship to Seattle

Thomas May, 13th April

South African musical phenomenon Abel Selaocoe plays multiple roles as the soloist in his Four Spirits, which is complemented by a shockingly fresh Symphonie fantastique under Lawrence Renes.

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Radiance and dazzle from Xavier de Maistre’s angelic harp

Mark Thomas, 6th November

A dynamic and dreamy concoction from the London Philharmonic under Lawrence Renes, with impeccable performances from harp virtuoso Xavier de Maistre and LPO Principal Flute Juliette Bausor.

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The Maltese embrace Austro-German Romanticism in Valletta

Alexander Hall, 26th January

The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, with their Dutch-Maltese conductor Lawrence Renes and the British soprano Emma Bell, embrace the cause of Wagner and Bruckner in the heart of the Mediterranean.

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Simon O'Neill's thrilling Wesendonck-Lieder in Auckland

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The New Zealander Heldentenor makes a welcome return to Auckland for Wagner's erotic song cycle.

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SangKwon Lee

SangKwon Lee is a Seoul-based classical music critic whose writing focuses on concert performances and recordings. A contributor to Gramophone and a member of the Music Critics Association of North America, he covers the classical music scene in Korea and internationally.

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