| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 17-May-2013 National Concert Hall | An all-German Romantic programme at Dublin's NCH |
 Though the visitation of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra happened just over a week ago, we have a more permanent influence from that part of the world in the person of Alan Buribayev, the Principal Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, who hails from Kazakhstan. He was joined for tonight’s performance by the young Milanese violinist, Edoardo Zosi who is something of a rising star.Read full review... | |
| 4-Oct-2012 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | Alternative energies from the Chicago Symphony at Carnegie Hall |
 Riccardo Muti made a bold claim in a televised interview on Tuesday, ahead of his three-night stint opening the Carnegie Hall’s season. Asked by Charlie Rose about the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Muti suggested that this band, of which he has been Music Director since 2010, was the best in the world – before hurriedly correcting himself and ranking it alongside the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics in the very highest echelon.
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| 18-Sep-2012 Cadogan Hall | Fanfares and Finland: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall |
 What do you get when you cross Teutonic drama, Finnish sentimentality and Russian grandeur? The answer, it seems, as displayed by conductor Enrique Bátiz the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in their latest Cadogan Hall concert, is a vibrant and exciting evening of music.
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| 22-Oct-2010 Barbican Centre: Hall | BBC Symphony Orchestra celebrate their 80th birthday |
 The BBC Symphony presented a packed programme for this concert in celebration of their 80th anniversary. The performances were interspersed with two short films looking back at the orchestra’s illustrious history, with former principal conductors such as Adrian Boult and Pierre Boulez.
First performed at the orchestra’s inaugural concert, Wagner’s Flying Dutchman overture proved a rousing opening, the leaping ‘hunting calls’ of the brass a precursor to that other famous orchestral movement, ‘Ride of the Valkyries’.
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