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Defiant tales: a Scheherazade for our times from John Adams

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Adams, Ravel: LSO/Adams **** Barbican Hall, 29th October 2015 The green-eyed monster clambers onto my shoulder when I’m editing, salivating over concerts my reviewers attend. Rebecca Lentjes described the première of John Adams’ Scheherazade.2 so vividly in her New York … Continue reading →

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Surveillance programme

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Once you enter the opera house or concert hall, what’s the first thing you do? Collect your ticket from the box office? Deposit your coat into the cloakroom? I wouldn’t mind betting that you then dutifully queue to purchase a … Continue reading →

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Just So: Haitink’s heavenly Mahler 4 with Anna Lucia Richter and the LSO

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Beethoven/Mahler: LSO/Haitink **** Barbican Hall, 20th September 2015 “Every conductor, including myself, has a sell-by date,” stated Bernard Haitink, on turning down the position of Music Director at the Chicago Symphony in 2006. Don’t believe a word of it. Last … Continue reading →

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Brooding Rachmaninov 3 from Gergiev and the LSO

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Rachmaninov: Symphony No.3; Balakirev: Russia Of Rachmaninov’s three symphonies, the Third enjoys the least popularity. There’s a certain notoriety to the First because of its disastrous première (thanks to a drunken Glazunov conducting), while the Second is adored for its … Continue reading →

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Glowing Brahms and fiery Tchaikovsky from Bychkov and the LSO

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Brahms, Tchaikovsky: LSO/Bychkov **** Barbican Hall, 7th May 2015 While Britain was still at the polls, birthday boys Brahms and Tchaikovsky slugged it out in friendly battle at the Barbican. In the event, it was an uneven contest. Isabelle Faust … Continue reading →

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