| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 17-May-2013 Dr Anton Philipszaal | Thrills and introspection from the Residentie Orkest with Santtu-Matias Rouvali and Wibi Soerjadi |
 Under conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, the Residentie Orkest presented an exuberant programme of perennial favourites including Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Ouverture, Chopin’s Piano Concerto no. 1 with soloist Wibi Soerjadi, and Beethoven’s Symphony no. 7.
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| 24-Jan-2013 Birmingham Symphony Hall | A spendidly played, if rather curious, programme from Nelsons, Trpceski and the CBSO |
 Tchaikovsky’s early symphonies are getting a fair bit of exposure at present, both in the concert hall and on disc, thanks to several complete symphony cycles being undertaken in the UK by the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and, here in Birmingham, by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Tonight’s concert featured the last instalment in their cycle: the third, also known as the “Polish”, chiefly because of the polonaise-like dance elements in the final movement.
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| 4-Aug-2012 Blossom Music Center | Daniil Trifonov and the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom |
 It was sweltering at the Blossom Music Center, summer home of the Cleveland Orchestra, on Saturday evening, August 4. Normally an oasis of coolness, the temperatures were hovering in the high 80s (31°C) at the 8:00 concert time. Even the orchestra members dispensed with their usual white formal jackets and ties. But the heat did not prevent brilliant music-making, with James Gaffigan as the guest conductor.Read full review... | |
| 29-May-2012 Colston Hall | More Please: Ashkenazy, Tsujii and Philharmonia Orchestra in Bristol |
 On a stiflingly hot evening, a packed Colston Hall was met with an energetic conductor, Vladimir Ashkenazy, springing to the middle of the stage. Before the audience hushed, Berlioz’s Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict swirled around the room. Light-hearted, breezy and full of optimism, it made a great opening piece to the night’s programme. Béatrice et Bénédict, an ‘opera-comique’, was Berlioz’s last opera, inspired by Shakespeare’s play Much Ado about Nothing.
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