| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2011 Bridgewater Hall | Hallé and Sir Mark Elder: Beethoven 1 |
 Sir Mark Elder and his Hallé Orchestra continue to achieve extraordinary things in Manchester, earlier this week winning Gramophone awards for the third consecutive year and tonight giving further reason to celebrate with the opening concert in their 2011-12 Beethoven cycle.
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| 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... | |
