Category: Symphony
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Philippe Herreweghe and Philharmonia at the Royal Festival Hall review ****
Philharmonia Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor),Bertrand Chamayou (piano) Royal Festival Hall, 21st February 2019 JS Bach – Orchestral Suite No.3 in D Mozart – Piano Concerto No.23 in A, K.488 Mozart – Symphony No.41 (Jupiter) A rare opportunity to hear modern instruments tackle some core Baroque and Classical orchestral repertoire in an HIP style,…
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Peter Eotvos and the Philharmonia at the Royal Festival Hall review ***
Philharmonia Orchestra, Peter Eötvös (conductor), Iveta Apkalna (organ), László Fassang (Hammond organ) Royal Festival Hall, 7th February 2019 Arnold Schoenberg – Accompaniment to an Imaginary Film Scene, Op. 34 Bela Bartok – Dance Suite Igor Stravinsky – Symphony in Three Movements Peter Eotvos – Multiversum A sort of panic purchase…
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Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra at the Barbican review ****
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Marios Papadopoulos (conductor), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Martha Argerich (piano) Barbican Hall, 12th January 2019 JS Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor BWV 1043, Robert Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 Beethoven – Symphony No 3 in E flat…
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The LSO and Barbara Hannigan at the Barbican review ****
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Barbara Hannigan (soprano) Barbican Hall, 10th January 2019 Sibelius – Symphony No 7 in C major, Op 105 Hans Abrahamsen – let me tell you Nielsen – Symphony No 4 “Inextinguishable”, Op 29 I am pretty sure that Simon Rattle’s Sibelius cycle with the…
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