London Symphony Orchestra – Antonio Pappano conducts Ravel’s La valse & Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, with Patricia Kopatchinskaja playing Fazil Say’s First Violin Concerto (1001 Nights in the Harem).

London Symphony Orchestra – Antonio Pappano conducts Ravel’s La valse & Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, with Patricia Kopatchinskaja playing Fazil Say’s First Violin Concerto (1001 Nights in the Harem).

Oct 10, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Guest Contributors, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Sunday, October 8, 2023 Barbican Hall, London Guest Reviewer, Ateş Orga With Antonio Pappano captaining the journey, recorded for future broadcast on Mezzo (catch it when it comes), this was one of those concerts when virtuosity and art, imagination and electricity,...
London Philharmonic Orchestra @ Royal Festival Hall. Edward Gardner conducts Beethoven’s Egmont Overture & Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony, with Christian Tetzlaff playing Bartók’s Violin Concerto No.2. BBC Radio 3 recording (broadcast October 4).

London Philharmonic Orchestra @ Royal Festival Hall. Edward Gardner conducts Beethoven’s Egmont Overture & Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony, with Christian Tetzlaff playing Bartók’s Violin Concerto No.2. BBC Radio 3 recording (broadcast October 4).

Oct 5, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Tetzlaff & Gardner (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) Saturday, September 30, 2023 Southbank Centre, London – Royal Festival Hall Once again Radio 3 failed to advise the date for a concert it had recorded (was it too much for the continuity announcer to share some...
Berliner Philharmoniker – Tugan Sokhiev conducts Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony, with Alexandre Kantorow playing Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto. Live Digital Concert Hall webcast.

Berliner Philharmoniker – Tugan Sokhiev conducts Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony, with Alexandre Kantorow playing Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto. Live Digital Concert Hall webcast.

Sep 30, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Videos

Saturday, September 30, 2023 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin The short first half found Alexandre Kantorow playing Liszt’s continuous/organic A-major Piano Concerto, opening with beguiling woodwinds and a delicate response from the...