| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 2-May-2013 Walt Disney Concert Hall | Loving Lang Lang: Heroic Tchaikovsky and Nielsen with Dudamel in Los Angeles |
 Among among certain classical music cognoscenti, few statements will probably cause one to lose more cred than saying this: “I love Lang Lang.”
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| 22-Feb-2013 Barbican Centre: Hall | Passionately troubled: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Dausgaard in Nielsen, Prokofiev and Bloch |
 Whoever curated last night’s BBC SO concert, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard, needs a medal. Not only were the pieces united by virtue of being composed at the same time during the dark years of the First World War, but also each composer seems to find something passionately troubled to say which reflected their vintage – an unusual combination of neglected works, two of which are masterpieces.
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| 23-Nov-2012 Walt Disney Concert Hall | Hope and defiance in Petrenko's Shostakovich 10 with the LA Phil |
 Can Shostakovich without bitterness still be Shostakovich? Can a performer still do justice to his music if their interpretation does not match the style and tone of Soviet-era musicians?Read full review... | |
| 1-Nov-2012 Oslo Concert Hall (Konserthus) | Rachmaninov and Nielsen with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra |
 Thursday’s concert with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra started not with music, but with an award ceremony. It was the Norwegian Sibelius Society that gave away its annual award for the strengthening of cultural ties between Norway and Finland. Present were the Sibelius Society’s chair Stephan Barratt-Due, Finland’s ambassador to Norway Maimo Henriksson, and the recipient of the award, Sinikka Langeland. After she received the award, she sang a traditional Forest Finnish song, accompanying herself on the kantele, a traditional Finnish instrument.Read full review... | |
