| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2011 Royal Albert Hall | Prom 15: Liszt rules at the Hungarian Prom |
 Prom 15 given by Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra was billed as a “Hungarian Prom” and featured music of Kodály, Bartók and Liszt. Indeed it is true that Liszt, whose 200th anniversary we are celebrating this year, was born in 1811 in a small village called Raiding which was then in Hungary (it is now part of Austria and one can visit his birthplace museum with the recently-opened concert hall) and that he considered Hungary as his motherland. Musically speaking, however, there isn’t anything particularly Hungarian about his mighty Faust Symphony.Read full review... | |
