| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 9-Feb-2013 Oslo Opera House, Main Stage | Pappano returns home: The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Oslo |
 Little-known fact no. 1: Antonio Pappano made his conducting debut at the Norwegian National Opera, conducting La Bohème in 1987.
Little-known fact no. 2: Antonio Pappano was music director of the Norwegian National Opera in the early 90s.
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| 23-Nov-2012 Severance Hall | Louis Lortie and Jaap van Zweden wow Cleveland Orchestra audience in Chopin and Rachmaninov |
 A large number of Clevelanders managed to tear themselves away from the post-Thanksgiving “Black Friday” sales to fill Severance Hall to the brim for The Cleveland Orchestra concert on the evening of 23 November. Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden, music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic, led tautly controlled and exciting performances, with Canadian pianist Louis Lortie as the soloist in Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor.Read full review... | |
| 25-Oct-2012 Birmingham Symphony Hall | Harrell, Chailly and the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig delight in Birmingham |
 In an era in which orchestras are supposed to have lost their distinctive 20th-century sounds, the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig is one that retains its characteristic dark hue, with fascinating wind timbres that simply refuse to blend into a homogenised whole. And yet there is refinement and virtuosity to match the world’s best orchestras. The orchestra is enjoying something of a renaissance under the stewardship of Riccardo Chailly, Gewandhauskapellmeister since 2005.Read full review... | |
| 25-Oct-2012 Birmingham Symphony Hall | Shostakovich and Rachmaninov with Chailly and the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig |
 Arguably the highest-profile visiting orchestra of the season, Riccardo Chailly brought his Leipzig orchestra to Birmingham for a duo of 20th-century Russian works. The large audience was not disappointed, Rachmaninov’s second symphony in particular shining in a magnificent performance.
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