London Philharmonic @ RFH tomorrow, 26th – Alpesh Chauhan replaces the unwell Klaus Mäkelä; Prokofiev/Rachmaninov programme as advertised.

Feb 25, 2022 | News | 5 comments

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Edward Clark on February 25, 2022 at 1:55 pm

Well I hope to go.
Rachmaninov was a permanent exile from Russia (unlike the unfortunate Prokofiev, also being played).
I do hope the new boy plays the exposition repeat.
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- pjl on February 25, 2022 at 5:57 pm
  
  and does not end the movement with the bogus timpani thump!
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  - Laurie on February 26, 2022 at 10:34 pm
    
    You will be delighted to learn that he did not. An extremely fine performance this evening with an enlarged string section (10 double basses).
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    - pjl on February 28, 2022 at 7:53 pm
      
      I KNOW, I WAS THERE! Very impressed by AC and also the violinist: I went to Liverpool on 10 FEBRUARY to hear Aylen Pritchen play the same concerto but Lozakovich was even finer: his quiet playing was exquisite and, modestly, no encore: I am getting sick of encores given even if the audience is not demandig one!
      
      No exposition repeat though!
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Laurie on February 26, 2022 at 11:35 pm

I should also add – briefly, as Edward is reviewing the concert that the LPO’s Artistic Director, Elena Dubinets who is Russian and married to a Ukrainian gave a moving introduction to the concert which started with a performance of the Ukrainian National
Anthem. Everyone stood and cheered and tears were shed
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