| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 22-Oct-2012 Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall | Brahms, Brahms, and Brahms from Gergiev and the LSO in New York |
 You can’t say Valery Gergiev doesn’t get around. Four concerts in New York over the last week and a half of October, two with the London Symphony Orchestra, one with the World Orchestra for Peace, and another with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra might seem a little like overkill, especially for a conductor as notable for hot and cold performances as for his workload. The LSO, too, have had it difficult for the last few months, with extensive tours through Europe, London concerts with replacement conductors, and now a mini-residency at Lincoln Center.Read full review... | |
| 13-Oct-2012 Barbican Centre: Hall | Tragedy and triumph: Brahms and Szymanowski from the LSO |
 For the 2010/11 season, the London Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Valery Gergiev, made a point of extensively exploring the works of Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Shostakovich and Shchedrin. For the 2011/12 season, it was Tchaikovsky and Stravinksy. This year, Gergiev has opted for a flavour of both Western and Eastern European music, juxtaposing the symphonic giant Brahms with another four-symphonied companion, the often overlooked Szymanowski.Read full review... | |
| 22-Aug-2012 Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall | A Romantic Symphony at Sydney Opera House |
| The latest Sydney Symphony Orchestra concert had everything from French impressionism to a world premiere, to a performance of a much-loved Romantic Symphony.
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| 17-Aug-2012 Concertgebouw: Main Hall | Exhilarating Brahms by the Rotterdam Philharmonic and Nézet-Séguin |
.jpg) Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s love for Brahms is well-documented, which makes the Rotterdam Philharmonic’s season opening at the Concertgebouw all the more fitting. In a program of Brahms’s First and Second Symphonies, they showed once again why they’re an orchestra to be reckoned with.
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