| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 10-Feb-2013 Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall | Mozart to Brett Dean: Australian Chamber Orchestra on form in eclectic, partly-electric concert |
Spot the odd one out: a symphony by Haydn, another by Mozart, a violin concerto by Mozart, and Electric Preludes by Brett Dean (2012). The bill of fare offered by the Australian Chamber Orchestra on Sunday cannot be called typical for them, since their programs evade any easy categorisation, but the gesture of mixing old and new is certainly a familiar gambit.Read full review... | |
| 1-Dec-2012 Concertgebouw: Main Hall | Masaaki Suzuki leads Radio Kamer Philharmonic through Sturm und Drang |
The Radio Kamer Filharmonie gave a riveting performance of orchestral works of the late 18th century under the direction of Masaaki Suzuki this weekend at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. The theme of the afternoon dealt with the brief but highly influential German artistic movement dubbed Sturm und Drang. Originating in around the 1770s, this aesthetic outburst formed first in the fields of literature and philosophy while having cross-disciplinary reaches to the areas of music, painting and theater.
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| 24-Nov-2011 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | Dohnányi and the Philharmonia at the Festival Hall |
Following their acclaimed 'Bartók: Infernal Dance' series, the Philharmonia moved on Thursday to another of the twentieth century’s great composers: Richard Strauss. Strauss’s youthful tone poems, Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche were contrasted with his gloriously autumnal Four Last Songs, with Mozart’s 25th Symphony serving as a rather unexpected companion.
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