| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2012 Royal Albert Hall | Prom 56: Knussen conducts Knussen |
 In days gone by, if you went to see a Mahler Symphony, you wouldn't feel you’d had the full experience unless Gustav himself was waving the baton. Nowadays the privilege of watching a composer conduct his own work is a somewhat rarer one, though fortunately not yet a completely extinct practice, and watching Knussen’s Symphony No. 3 with the composer himself at the helm was certainly a novel experience.Read full review... | |
| 21-Apr-2012 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh | Scottish Chamber Orchestra: A Cold Spring |
 It must be heart-warming for a young composer, sharing the bill with Beethoven and Stravinsky, to know that the programme has been named after her piece. The clear, confident writing in Helen Grime's A Cold Spring (2009) effectively conveyed the visual contrast offered by sharp-edged, bright days at this time of year. Judicious use of harp in this imaginatively scored dectet clinched the crisp sound suggested by the title. Also featured, in the slow central movement, was the outstanding horn playing of Alec Frank-Gemmill.Read full review... | |
| 17-Nov-2011 Bridgewater Hall | The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder: Beethoven Symphony no.4 |
 Continuing the Hallé’s project of juxtaposing Beethoven symphonies with modern works, the underrated fourth symphony was flanked by works by Helen Grime and Igor Stravinsky, with an intriguingly placed Bach Suite closing the concert.
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