| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2013 Barbican Centre: Hall | LSO Futures Week at the Barbican: Contemporary chamber works |
 Celebrating the work of emerging artists and their 20th-century heritage, the LSO Futures concert series came to a spectacular close this weekend at the Barbican. In a two-part programme devised by conductor François-Xavier Roth, chamber and orchestral forces reckoned with the challenges posed to the symphonic tradition.Read full review... | |
| 4-Apr-2012 BBC Hoddinott Hall | BBC National Orchestra of Wales: Stravinsky, Beethoven, Bartók |
 The announcement by the presenter that Stravinsky did not intend Symphonies of Wind Instruments to please the audience or arouse their passions was greeted with titters of laughter. An overheard conversation during the interval signalled that the number of late arrivals to the concert was suspected to be ‘because they didn’t want to sit through the Stravinsky’. Yet the warmth of the applause demonstrated what a commendable performance this was, and that the time is ripe for performances of Stravinsky’s more challenging repertoire.Read full review... | |
