Monthly Archives: August 2015

In the Shade: Kolesnikova outshone in La Bayadère at the Coliseum

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Minkus: La Bayadère ** St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, Coliseum, 22nd August 2015 In the absence of a visiting Mariinsky or Bolshoi company during the summer hiatus, London’s balletomanes could get their classical ballet fix via the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, the … Continue reading →

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Prom 46: Great Danes in spirited Carl Nielsen anniversary celebration

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Nielsen/Brahms: Danish NSO/Luisi **** Royal Albert Hall, 20th August 2015 “Denmark is not all Lego and pastries!” quipped Nikolaj Znaider to the Albert Hall audience. Indeed not. It is the land of Carl Nielsen, whose 150th birthday was celebrated in … Continue reading →

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Prom 44: Barenboim as Bottom? A dream of an evening with the West-Eastern Divan

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Schoenberg/Beethoven/Tchaikovsky: West-Eastern Divan/Barenboim ***** Royal Albert Hall, 18th August 2015 “Let me play the lion too.” I hadn’t associated Daniel Barenboim with Nick Bottom from A Midsummer Night’s Dream before, but during Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, with the maestro urgently directing … Continue reading →

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Prom 43: Saturation point as Vänskä draws Sibelius cycle to a close

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Sibelius: BBCSO/Vänskä *** Royal Albert Hall, 17th August 2015 For the third and final leg of the Proms Sibelius symphony marathon, the baton was passed to Osmo Vänskä, with a change of orchestra from the BBC Scottish to the BBC … Continue reading →

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PSM3: Coffeehouse Baroque: Apollo’s Fire polished at the Proms

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

A Night at Bach’s Coffeehouse: Apollo’s Fire/Ibragimova *** Cadogan Hall, 15th August 2015 The magic of the Proms – or at least some magical programming – transported us to mid-18th century Leipzig; to Gottfried Zimmermann’s Coffeehouse, to be precise, for … Continue reading →

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