| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 27-Apr-2013 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh | Scottish Chamber Orchestra and George Benjamin celebrate Britten |
 This second of two SCO Britten centenary concerts saw its subject juxtaposed with two living British composers and Mozart. Cynics might consider the closing Symphony no. 40 in G minor (1788) a reward for surviving the rest of the programme’s modernity. However, the audience of sophisticated, paying volunteers, such as I felt to be present, would be more likely to detect in it a parallel with our own, home-grown, prolific child prodigy, Benjamin Britten.Read full review... | |
| 21-Feb-2013 Severance Hall | Thrilling performances of Mozart and Dvořák from Blomstedt and Cleveland Orchestra |
 This week’s Cleveland Orchestra concert program looks like the syllabus from a music appreciation course: Mozart’s Symphony no. 40 in G minor, and Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony no. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”.Read full review... | |
| 16-Feb-2013 Dr Anton Philipszaal | Passion and eloquence from the Amsterdam Sinfonietta and Ronald Brautigam |
.jpg) On Saturday evening, the Amsterdam Sinfonietta with soloist Ronald Brautigam presented a splendidly varied programme including pieces by Webern, Mozart and Bach.
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| 29-Jan-2013 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | Simon Rattle and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment excel in Mozart |
 Fifteen years ago I sat dutifully listening to the excellent Haringey Schools Orchestra nobly attempting to bring off the herculean musical feat of the Shostakovich Fifth Symphony. Many hours of coaching and rehearsal had clearly brought the youngsters to this point. Proud parents and friends fidgeted through the painful 55 minutes, and everyone clapped appreciatively when it ended. It was then that the delightful announcement was made that local boy Sir Simon Rattle had agreed to conduct Gershwin’s Strike Up the Band overture to round off the concert.Read full review... | |
