Tag Archives: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sunny beams from Dvořák and Brahms as Nézet-Séguin returns to London

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Dvořák/Brahms: LPO/Nézet-Séguin **** Royal Festival Hall, 3rd February 2016 Dvořák’s Sixth cannot claim to plumb any tragic depths, nor Brahms’ Double Concerto any virtuosic heights. Instead, both works ooze warmth. Brahms’ concerto is suffused with a mellow glow, while Dvořák … Continue reading →

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Spanish sex and Gallic charm: a perfect Ravel double bill at Glyndebourne

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Ravel: L’heure espagnole/ L’Enfant et les sortilèges ***** Glyndebourne, 8th August 2015 Sultry Spanish rhythms and bawdy humour are counterbalanced by Gallic charm in the return to Glyndebourne Festival Opera of Laurent Pelly’s productions of L’heure espagnole and L’Enfant et les sortilèges. Composed … Continue reading →

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Sultry, fiery, coquettish: Stéphanie d’Oustrac’s Carmen has it all

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Bizet: Carmen **** Glyndebourne, 23rd May 2015 “The very incarnation of vice” was how one critic described Célestine Galli-Marié’s Carmen at the opera’s 1875 Opéra Comique première. That description could equally be applied to Stéphanie d’Oustrac in Glyndebourne’s revival of … Continue reading →

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Blistering Shostakovich from Vasily Petrenko and the London Philharmonic

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Rachmaninov/ Shostakovich: LPO/Jurowski **** Royal Festival Hall, 13th February 2015 Blistering Shostakovich crushed Rachmaninov in this uneven pairing, the London Philharmonic’s latest exploration into “Rachmaninoff: Inside out”. Self-imposed exile after the Russian Revolution saw Rachmaninov settle in the United States, … Continue reading →

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The root of all evil: Jurowski and the LPO pair Rachmaninov’s Miserly Knight with Wagner’s greedy dwarf

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Rachmaninov: The Miserly Knight/ Wagner: Das Rheingold *** LPO/Jurowski, 21st January 2015 Vladimir Jurowski is a wily programmer. The London Philharmonic’s season has been most interesting, their “Rachmaninoff Inside Out” series digging out rarities and putting them into context. In … Continue reading →

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