| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 3-Apr-2013 Colston Hall | Paavo Järvi, Lisa Batiashvili and the Philharmonia Orchestra at Colston Hall |
 What a night. The conductor, Paavo Järvi, made the evening’s performance riveting, with a modest yet heartfelt performance. There were no egos on the stage, just unpretentious and pure classical music. The programme was three works long: two symphonies either side of a violin concerto. All three works were completely separate in quality and style, which allowed the evening to be diverse and exciting. The Philharmonia Orchestra added more instrumentalists to the stage for each piece, so the next work always felt bigger.
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| 21-Mar-2013 Salle Pleyel | Dutilleux, Bartók, Beethoven: Paavo Järvi's night of forgotten masterpieces with the Orchestre de Paris |
 The opening of Henri Dutilleux’s Symphony no. 1, with its distinctive pizzicato opening full of tension and curiosity, opened the concert not with a bang but rather a seductive lure. The gradual building of orchestral forces in the opening movement, demonstrating Dutilleux’s supreme skill in orchestration, was evoked with excellent nuance by the Orchestre de Paris, contrasted with the sultry octave rises in the strings that follow.Read full review... | |
