Tag Archives: Jean-Guihen Queyras

From sunrise to dreamy afternoons: orchestral sorcery from François-Xavier Roth and the LSO

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

François-Xavier Roth/ LSO **** Barbican Hall, 14th November 2018 The biennial Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition is just a week away. Winners have the opportunity to become assistant conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra for up to a year. Former winner François-Xavier Roth shadowed the … Continue reading →

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As English as roast beef: Nézet-Séguin and L’Orchestre Métropolitain bring Elgar to Paris

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Orchestre Métropolitain/ Nézet-Séguin **** Philharmonie, Paris, 3rd December 2017 It’s always interesting to hear non-English orchestras and conductors playing Elgar. Daniel Barenboim, for example, has established a strong tradition with his Staatskapelle Berlin, as heard at the BBC Proms this summer. Here … Continue reading →

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Queyras and Melnikov: Sunny intervals quell stormy Beethoven

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Mark Pullinger

Beethoven: Cello Sonatas **** Wigmore Hall, 30th November 2014 Beethoven’s five Cello Sonatas span his compositional life – two early works, two late ones, with the third composed in the same feverish year as his Fifth and Pastoral Symphonies. French … Continue reading →

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