| Date and venue | Title |
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| 21-Mar-2013 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | A chest of treasures: The Philharmonia's Lutosławski celebrations in London conclude |
 In An Attitude to French Culture the Polish composer Witold Lutosławski remarked “I am aware that of the two traditions that initiated 20th-century music, that is, Schoenberg and Debussy, it is the latter that I feel prevails in my own compositional work”. The Lutosławski centenary concert series at the Southbank Centre sought to trace this lineage by programming Lutosławski’s music alongside works by Claude Debussy, Albert Roussel and Maurice Ravel. Last night an invigorating programme saw this series come to a thrilling close with the Symphony no.Read full review... | |
| 16-Mar-2013 Musée des Beaux-Arts: Salle Bourgie | The power of communication: Piano duets from Nézet-Séguin and Jennifer Bourdages in Montreal |
 Montreal’s favourite musical son has become something of a world favourite in recent years. The Music Director of both the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin is also Principal Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Principal Conductor of his native city’s Orchestre Métropolitain. With a calendar that also includes a horde of guest appearances with opera companies and other orchestras, he rarely has time to return home.Read full review... | |
| 11-Oct-2012 Walt Disney Concert Hall | Dudamel and the LA Phil take Disney Hall Where the Wild Things Are |
 The memory has dimmed somewhat in the past few years. But it remains firmly entrenched in my mind. I wish I could say that this moment was a formative one in my development as musicologist; that destiny took hold of this young boy and led him to the path of his eventual vocation. But no such thing happened.
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| 31-May-2012 De Doelen: Grote Zaal | Ravel's nostalgic fun in L'enfant et les sortilèges at Rotterdam |
 Classical music is often portayed as being very serious, which is part of what makes it seem inaccessible at times. But this is a mistake: there are plenty of pieces that are, in a word, fun. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Rotterdam’s beloved principal conductor, delivered a Ravel performance which was just this, emphasizing a childlike pleasure while still ensuring that the beauty of Ravel’s opera L’enfant et les sortilèges was not underappreciated.
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