| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 6-Nov-2012 Cadogan Hall | Dances, variations and New Worlds with the RPO, Nowak and Julian Steckel |
 It is not often you can say that the conductor’s outfit was as ornate and charming as the billed programme, but the entrance of a silver-coated Grzegorz Nowak proved that even a conductor’s first bow can be the perfect aesthetic prelude to an evening of similarly silvery, charming music.
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| 19-Nov-2011 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts | Astoria Symphony Orchestra: A gem in New York City’s outer boroughs |
 Sitting in the seats at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts auditorium in Astoria, the boisterous, catchy tunes of Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to West Side Story rang out. Crisp, clean, and excitedly performed, it was a great start to an evening of what Maestro Silas Nathaniel Huff called ‘Riffs and Dances’.
Driving home the theme of music propelled forward by the development of single melodic ideas, the Astoria Symphony Orchestra went on to perform rhythmically charged pieces by Barber, Tchaikovsky and Borodin.
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| 11-May-2010 Colston Hall | Moscow State Symphony Orchestra at the Colston Hall, Bristol |
| I had high expectations for the evening after being very impressed with an MSSO performance I had seen as a teenager. The first piece on the programme was the Polovtsian Dances from Borodin’s opera, Prince Igor. The performance highlighted both the playful and brutal elements of the piece which made for an exciting performance. Though occasionally there were slight issues with the changing tempi and cross rhythms in the ensemble, the orchestra delivered a performance that really highlighted Borodin’s colourful orchestration. Read full review... | |
