| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2013 Bridgewater Hall | The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder: Mahler and the Military Symphony |
 At the end of a successful week in which the orchestra’s recording of The Apostles won BBC Music Magazine’s Disc of the Year award, Sir Mark Elder conducted the Hallé in a joyfully youthful account of Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn, followed by graphic Janáček and Hadyn.
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| 4-Oct-2012 Barbican Centre: Hall | Mozart and Mahler make for an enigmatic evening with the London Symphony Orchestra |
 Why would the London Symphony Orchestra pair Mozart’s Symphony no. 41 in C major, “Jupiter” and Mahler’s songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn? There seemed to be no direct link between them other than that both demonstrate their composers’ fondness for mystery. However, it was a programme that worked for me on Thursday; after a delightful Mozart symphony, I was ready to be engaged by the darker, mysterious Mahler.
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| 15-Jan-2012 Barbican Centre: Hall | Thomas Adès sparkles conducting the LSO in his Tevot and In Seven Days |
 Thomas Adès' music has a rawness that only comes across heard live. This seems particularly true when he conducts it himself. Gone are the smooth contours of recordings and other conductors, replaced by a focus on infectious rhythm and sometimes brutal colours. His lyrical tendencies therefore become all the more powerful.
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| 5-May-2011 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | Man's music? |
| The songs of Des Knaben Wunderhorn ("The Youth’s Magic Horn") form the basis for so much of Mahler’s music that it pays to hear some of them alongside a symphony (in the case the well-known Fifth Symphony, in the latest of the Philharmonia/Maazel collaborations). The performances of six of the songs by Sarah Connolly and Matthias Goerne gave a clear idea of the emotional power that they contain. Read full review... | |
