Brilliance amid challenges: Lim and Pappano with the LSO at Carnegie

Yunchan Lim

Sir Antonio Pappano, Yunchan Lim and the London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Antonio Pappano and Yunchan Lim

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the LSO at Carnegie Hall

By Edward Sava-Segal, 08 March 2025

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“It was a performance of intimacy and depth, distilling Lim’s profoundly personal pianism”

Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 6 March 2025

Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op.18

Walton, Symphony no. 1 in B flat minor

Liszt, Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année, Italie: Sonetto del Petrarca no. 104, S 161 no. 5 (Encore)

London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor

Yunchan Lim, Piano

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell

Charlotte Gardner, 16th April

Vilde Frang joins Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican for transcendent Korngold alongside darker fare.

****1

Han Kang’s The White Book takes on a compelling new life

Peter Quantrill, 5th March

At the Barbican, Laura Bowler's new work for Barbara Hannigan translates Han Kang's novel into a soundscape of icy stillness

****1

A curious evening from Noseda, Kopatchinskaja and the LSO

Mark Valencia, 26th February

Good, bad, but never ugly, a curious evening unfolds at the Barbican, inspired at times, ill-judged in places.

***11

Borodin steps into the symphonic limelight: Noseda and the LSO

Mark Pullinger, 15th February

Seong-Jin Cho continues his Artist Portrait series with the LSO by performing Chopin's poetic Second Piano Concerto.

****1

Rattle and the LSO sell a travel package to Hungary and Spain

Roy Westbrook, 18th January

Opening her LSO Artist Portrait series, Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays Béla Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto before Rattle and the LSO whisk the audience to Falla’s Andalusia.

****1

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

Brilliance amid challenges: Yunchan Lim and Pappano with the LSO at Carnegie