| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 27-Mar-2013 City Hall Concert Hall | The Hong Kong Sinfonietta in Mozart and Beethoven evergreens |
 Over the years, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta has made laudable efforts in bringing classical music to the masses and recruiting new audiences. Of necessity, it sticks to a well-trodden repertoire of evergreens which challenges musicians to bring a fresh perspective.
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| 20-Oct-2012 Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Concert Hall | Hong Kong Philharmonic with Mozart and a gripping Shostakovich 7 |
 In terms of Mozart’s piano concerti, K482 is known less for its intrinsic musical quality than its predecessor (K467) and its successor (K488), but it is more famous due to the unusual circumstances of its public introduction. Finishing it in Vienna on 16 December 1785, Mozart appeared as soloist in its first performance the same evening, inserted between the acts of Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf’s oratorio Esther. In its more formal première a week later, the audience demanded an encore of the Andante movement, which was almost unheard of at the time.Read full review... | |
| 15-Jun-2012 St David's Hall | BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Thierry Fischer: Strauss' Alpine Symphony |
 A lengthy standing ovation followed Thierry Fischer’s final St David’s Hall concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, concluding his sixth season with Richard Strauss’ monumental Alpine Symphony after a refined performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 22 with pianist Angela Hewitt.
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| 20-Apr-2012 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | Barenboim's Bruckner Project rises to an outstanding finale at the Southbank |
 After performing the Seventh and Eighth Symphonies of Anton Bruckner on Monday and Tuesday, Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin took no rest, but travelled to Paris to perform the Seventh and Ninth Symphonies in the Salle Pleyel to keep themselves occupied on Wednesday and Thursday. And now, here they were back again to complete the London ‘Bruckner Project’ and so repeat their previous night’s performance of the 9th.Read full review... | |
