| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 22-May-2013 Roy Thomson Hall | Brahms and Lieberson comfort with Peter Oundjian and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra |
“Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted”, says the scripture, and it was so last night as Peter Oundjian conducted the mournful music of Brahms and Lieberson. Wave after wave of the rich textures of grieving arose and subsided in song, leaving in their wake the energy of reconciliation.
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| 28-Feb-2013 Birmingham Symphony Hall | Andrés Orozco-Estrada impresses in Mozart, disappoints in Mahler with the CBSO |
Andrés Orozco-Estrada has been feted as “a brilliant stand-in”, having replaced a number of more well-known conductors at short notice in Vienna, where he studied his craft. He is now the music director of the Tonkünstler Orchestra in Vienna having made an all-important career breakthrough.
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| 24-May-2012 Bridgewater Hall | The Hallé and Nikolaj Znaider: Ninth Symphonies of Beethoven and Shostakovich |
Nikolaj Znaider concluded the Hallé Beethoven cycle in emphatic fashion, preceding the Choral Symphony with another ninth symphony, that of Shostakovich. The football-style roar from the sell-out audience at the end of the evening was a good indicator of the quality of the concert.
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