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Tag Archives: Knussen
Staring into the abyss: a devastating Pathétique opens the LPO’s season
Jurowski/ London Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Festival Hall, 27th September 2019 From the string sighs of “Désir”, the first of Oliver Knussen’s Scriabin Settings, to the hollow rasp of the double basses’ dying growls in the Pathétique, this was a concert … Continue reading
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Tagged Britten, Julia Fischer, Knussen, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tchaikovsky, Vladimir Jurowski
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Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts a riveting Weinberg Third Symphony
Prom 46: Gražinytė-Tyla/ City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Royal Albert Hall, 22nd August 2019 Mieczysław Weinberg’s centenary hasn’t attracted the most lavish of celebrations at the BBC Proms, but what little that has been programmed has turned out to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Elgar, Howell, Knussen, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Weinberg
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