| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2013 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | Blistering Bartók from Kavakos and the Concertgebouw in New York |
 Two programmes, four works, and nothing written before 1880: the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and their chief conductor Mariss Jansons certainly know how to play to their strengths on tour. What strengths they are, too. This orchestra generates a uniquely warm sound, maintains scrupulously clean textures, and possesses technical skills that surpass even the finest of other orchestras.Read full review... | |
| 17-Jan-2013 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | Thrilling Shostakovich and Ravel from Yannick and the Philadelphia Orchestra |
 In an interview with Charlie Rose a couple of years ago, Sir Simon Rattle made the startling comment that conductors only become “competent” after they turn 60. If that’s the case, it’s really quite difficult to imagine just how “competent” young Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin might be after more than another two decades on the podium, particularly with a band in front of him as supple and giving as the revitalized – and no longer bankrupt – Philadelphia Orchestra.
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| 12-Dec-2012 Barbican Centre: Hall | The LSO and Gergiev in Brahms and Szymanowski 4 |
 The first half of the 20th century must surely be one of the most richly creative periods in history. This was a time of great social and political change, spearheaded by two most devastating wars that saw death and destruction on a new level of cold efficiency. Rising from the ashes of this massive upheaval, the arts produced a glorious outpouring of works and ideas not seen since the renaissance and never on this scale.Read full review... | |
| 25-Nov-2012 Barbican Centre: Hall | LSO with Semyon Bychkov and Leonidas Kavakos play Berg and Mahler |
 Last season Semyon Bychkov conducted the LSO in an “outstanding” performance of Mahler’s Third Symphony. This year he returned to conduct the First, the “Titan”, achieving similar success in a magnificent performance which radiated youthful zeal.
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