| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 25-Oct-2012 Birmingham Symphony Hall | Harrell, Chailly and the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig delight in Birmingham |
 In an era in which orchestras are supposed to have lost their distinctive 20th-century sounds, the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig is one that retains its characteristic dark hue, with fascinating wind timbres that simply refuse to blend into a homogenised whole. And yet there is refinement and virtuosity to match the world’s best orchestras. The orchestra is enjoying something of a renaissance under the stewardship of Riccardo Chailly, Gewandhauskapellmeister since 2005.Read full review... | |
| 25-Oct-2012 Birmingham Symphony Hall | Shostakovich and Rachmaninov with Chailly and the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig |
 Arguably the highest-profile visiting orchestra of the season, Riccardo Chailly brought his Leipzig orchestra to Birmingham for a duo of 20th-century Russian works. The large audience was not disappointed, Rachmaninov’s second symphony in particular shining in a magnificent performance.
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| 2-Sep-2012 Royal Albert Hall | Prom 69: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Riccardo Chailly play Messiaen and Mahler |
 Two fine concerts from Riccardo Chailly’s Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra filled part of the space between end-of-season Proms from the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics. They brought Mendelssohn of refinement and poise to Prom 67 and dark, fateful thrust in Messiaen and Mahler for Prom 69.
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| 1-Sep-2012 Royal Albert Hall | Prom 67: Gewandhaus' all-Mendelssohn evening produces mixed results |
 The first of the two Proms by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra featured an all-Mendelssohn programme. The orchestra has a long tradition of performing Mendelssohn’s music, as he was their Music Director from 1835 until his early death in 1847. The current Music Director Riccardo Chailly, since his appointment in 2005, has been enthusiastic about having a fresh look at this tradition, and has been performing and recording the symphonies and the overtures in their original versions, as well as recording the completed version of the unfinished Third Piano Concerto.
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