| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2012 Royal Albert Hall | Prom 57: From Wagner to Vienna with the GMJO |
 The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester is one of the finest youth orchestras in the world. Bringing together young musicians from all over Europe, from Portugal to Russia, it is a model of international co-operation. With former members in almost all the major symphony orchestras in Europe it is the stomping ground of our continent’s best young orchestral musicians, and Sunday night’s concert showed the high standards these young players set for themselves.Read full review... | |
| 17-May-2012 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | A Magnificent Mahler 5 from Daniele Gatti and the Philharmonia |
 You can, more often than not, tell how good a performance of Mahler's Fifth will be from its opening trumpet call. Here, the Philharmonia's principal, Alistair Mackie, struck just the right balance between stridency and tragedy. Daniele Gatti's direction of this symphony was not, however, one of balance, still less one of compromise. London audiences have heard a lot of Mahler over the last two or three years, but this performance was surely one of the greatest.Read full review... | |
| 21-Jan-2011 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | Condemnation to redemption – OAE and Vladimir Jurowski |
| Friday night's performance by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in the Royal Festival Hall under Vladimir Jurowski got off to a slow and somewhat insecure start. Sixth in the series of concerts by the orchestra in the 2010-2011 season, sub-titled Symphonic Enlightenment, the concert opened with the Prelude to Parsifal by Wagner.
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| 21-Jan-2011 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Performs Symphonic Enlightenment: An Evening of Wagner, Mahler and Liszt |
 Created out of the period instrument movement, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) is dedicated to performing works on original instruments (or copies of them) so that audiences can hear music the way it was originally intended to be heard. A challenging feat for any orchestra, OAE, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, achieved just that, performing works by Wagner, Mahler and Liszt with playful enthusiasm and intense passion.
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