| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 12-Apr-2013 Birmingham Symphony Hall | The Czech Philharmonic thrill a packed house at Symphony Hall, Birmingham |
 The Czech Philharmonic has had something of an eventful history since its first concert, given under the baton of Antonín Dvořák in 1896. Since then, the orchestra has been conducted by a number of distinguished musicians, including Gustav Mahler. The turbulent history of this great orchestra is perhaps a reflection of the political upheavals that have taken place in their homeland: there have been numerous artistic upheavals and frequent replacements of chief conductors.Read full review... | |
| 13-Mar-2013 Volksoper Vienna | The Bartered Bride at the Volksoper doesn't make for a great deal |
 Smetana wrote Prodaná nevěsta (“The Bartered Bride”) as a light Czech folk piece in a playful reply to critics who said that his music was too Wagnerian, or too German for that matter – something not compatible with the growing Czech national consciousness in the period he composed it (1863–66), even though he only showed mild interest in the Czech cause.Read full review... | |
| 27-Jan-2013 St George's Bristol | The Sitkovetsky Piano Trio play Brahms and Smetana at St George's Bristol |
 This concert was a wonderful way to spend a Sunday morning. It was the first of the Sitkovetsky Piano Trio’s coffee-morning concerts – “Coffee Classics” – in which they gave a passion-fuelled performance of Brahms’ Piano Trio no. 2 in C major, and Smetena’s Piano Trio in G minor. As a piano trio, the three have won many awards, and quite rightly so, as their presence on stage is collectively brilliant. St George’s as a venue in Bristol often astounds with the talent that walks on to the stage.Read full review... | |
| 20-Nov-2012 La Maison Symphonique de Montréal | Experimental programming: 100 metronomes at the Maison Symphonique |
 Kent Nagano took to the stage tonight, microphone in hand, slowly becoming encircled by a forest of empty music stands, 50 in all. It is only natural to provide a word of explanation for a concert which contained Ligeti’s Fluxus piece Poème symphonique, scored for 100 metronomes, and Reich’s Clapping Music, amidst more standard works. In his usual melange of sincere French and his more comfortable English, he delivered a speech which was, if not long-winded, exhaustive in its description of the plan behind tonight’s concert and the works within.Read full review... | |
