Tag Archives: Shchedrin

Kitchen sink Carmen: Cristian Măcelaru rounds off the ONF season in style

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Mark Pullinger

Cristian Măcelaru/ Orchestre National de France Maison de la Radio, Paris, 23rd July 2020 Let’s hear it for the percussion department! They literally take a back seat in the orchestra and, in these days of slimline orchestral performances, are often … Continue reading →

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Nemanja Radulović brings silky sensitivity to Khachaturian in RLPO’s Soviet matinee

Posted on October 27, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

RLPO/ Vasily Petrenko **** Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 26th October 2018 During Vasily Petrenko’s long tenure as Chief Conductor, he has turned the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic into the UK’s most Russian of orchestras. Their Shostakovich, in particular, has won critical plaudits, but for this … Continue reading →

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Tolstoy speed read: Ratmansky’s Anna Karenina with the Mariinsky Ballet

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Shchedrin: Anna Karenina *** Mariinsky Ballet, Royal Opera House, 3rd August 2017 How does one condense a Tolstoy epic for the stage? Prokofiev squeezed War and Peace down to a four hour opera, although it still contains some 70 named characters in … Continue reading →

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