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Monthly Archives: November 2017
Autumnal bacchanale as Marx’s Herbstsymphonie is given UK première by Jurowski and the LPO
Marx: LPO/Jurowski ***** 29th November 2017 The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s inventive programming has been heavily seasoned over the past week: Bridge’s Summer and Tchaikovsky’s Winter Daydreams on Wednesday; Kabalevsky’s Spring on Friday, along with traversals of all four seasons by Vivaldi and Glazunov. Tonight, it was … Continue reading
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Tagged Chausson, Julia Fischer, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marx, Respighi, Vladimir Jurowski
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Infernal Liszt: Alice Sara Ott, Antonio Pappano and a Faustian pact
Liszt: LSO/ Pappano **** Barbican, 26th November 2017 In all honesty, Goethe could have been referring to Liszt’s Faust Symphony which – at around seventy minutes – can feel like a very long work of art indeed. It formed the bloated climax … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Sara Ott, Antonio Pappano, Liszt, London Symphony Orchestra
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Snow boots on for an exuberant Tchaikovsky 1 from Michail Jurowski and the LPO
Tchaikovsky: LPO/Michail Jurowski **** Royal Festival Hall, 22nd November 2017 With Christmas market stalls already doing a roaring trade along the Thames next to the Southbank Centre, summer seems but a distant memory. However, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, playing under the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatrice Rana, Bridge, Debussy, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michail Jurowski, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky
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Debussy Perspectives: Philippe Cassard dons his dancing shoes at Wigmore Hall
Debussy: Philippe Cassard **** Wigmore Hall, 21st November 2017 Waltzing on a Monday evening? Wigmore Hall is not exactly the Tower Ballroom, but last night it did a fair impression as a temple of dance when Philippe Cassard played the third … Continue reading