Tag Archives: Mahler

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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Devilishly good Mahler and Liszt from Ott, Noseda and the LSO

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Liszt/Mahler: LSO/Noseda ***** Barbican Hall, 15th February 2015 A whiff of sulphur shrouded the Barbican this evening as Liszt met Mahler beneath the Mephistophelean glare of Gianandrea Noseda. The London Symphony Orchestra played like demons in a gripping reading of … Continue reading →

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Unsuk Chin première and bruising Mahler open New York Philharmonic’s subscription season

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Mark Pullinger

Chin/Mahler: New York PO/ Gilbert *** Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 23rd September 2014 Sounds of nature rustling magically to life are evoked in the opening pages of Mahler’s First Symphony, with its dawn chorus of bird calls. Ornithologists in … Continue reading →

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