Concert Reviews

An American Portrait [Aaron Copland Weekend]
With a new American Principal Conductor at the helm, it came as no surprise to learn that the BBC Symphony Orchestra would be celebrating the 100th-birthday of Aaron Copland in...
LPO with Paul Daniel
Christoph Eschenbach having withdrawn, it was left to Paul Daniel to nip down from ENO to share his view of one of Bruckner’s lesser-known symphonies, also in A. My knowledge...
LPO with Paul Daniel – 2nd Opinion
This was an impressive performance by the LPO. Paul Daniel took Bruckner 6 very briskly, but the rhythms were very well articulated, consistently maintained, and the orchestral sound well balanced...
Bruckner’s Ninth – Complete (A Response)
Read Duncan Hadfield’s ReviewLike Duncan, who is a good friend, I am a dedicated Brucknerian; however, we do not agree on a four-movement Ninth or on Robert Bachmann’s stature as...
Bruckner’s Ninth – Complete
Having never visited Moscow before, it was certainly both an intriguing and rewarding experience to find myself resident in the Russian capital for a few days on a drizzly weekend...
Harrods International Piano Series – Andras Schiff
As a pianistic appendix to Andras Schiff’s four Bach concerts with the Philharmonia Orchestra, in ’Bach year’ there was only one possible work that could begin the latest Harrods’ recitals...
Copland in Hong Kong
As a preface, it would be useful to set the scene for the prospect of attending a concert, any concert, in Hong Kong. This is a city of noise, of...
Queen of WNO
If Alfred Hitchcock had ever ventured into the world of opera he would have surely been lured by The Queen of Spades, the haunting tale of obsession that leads to...
LPO, Sir Roger and Emanuel
It was Roger Norrington’s usual orchestra layout that greeted the audience – antiphonal violins, cellos left-centre, double basses in a single row across the back of the platform, Elgarian percussion...
Stomp
Psychologists tell us that at an early age we learn to identify objects and give them names. At a later stage we generalise to see what objects have in common...
Classic FM Hall of Fame Concert
To listeners of Classic FM the Hall of Fame will be a familiar expression. It could be viewed as classical music’s answer to the UK pop-chart, with the exception of...
Moldovian Tosca
Oxford has become accustomed to first-rate opera and expects to be visited several times each year by such excellent companies as Welsh National Opera and Glyndebourne Touring. More recently, it...
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