| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 2-Nov-2011 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | Benedetti & Elschenbroich make love in Brahms' Double; LPO play magnificently in Eschenbach's Bruckner |
 One wonders what each of the composers might have thought about being programmed in the same concert. Brahms had some unpleasant things to say about Bruckner, famously that his symphonies were a swindle; and Bruckner remarked that Brahms is Brahms, but he, Bruckner, preferred his own stuff. The transition from the Brahms in the first half to the Bruckner in the second was as though one had stepped out of the civilised confines of the well-furnished drawing room into the vast clarity of an open-air mountainscape.Read full review... | |
| 19-Jul-2011 Royal Albert Hall | Prom 6. Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/ Capuçon/ Capuçon/ Chung |
 Who has the power, the authority to fix the moment when a major public event can start? In broadcast events, such as the Proms, where all of the concerts are broadcast on Radio 3 and many are televised, the bigger, virtual audience puts the media in the driving seat. The radio or TV producer holds sway - up to the moment when the conductor steps out into the hall.
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