| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 22-May-2013 La Maison Symphonique de Montréal | Mahler's Fifth with David Zinman and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal |
 The program this evening was quite significantly lopsided – though most programs containing Mahler symphonies end up being this way. Tonight’s juxtaposition was quite profound, perhaps even more than usual. Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 18 in B flat major was poised like a pebble next to a mountain. It was a polished pebble, but minuscule in comparison nonetheless.
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| 24-Feb-2013 Birmingham Symphony Hall | Hands-down winners: CBSO Youth Orchestra and Bavouzet triumph in Mahler and Ravel |
 Judging by this evening’s performance, the future of music-making in Birmingham is in safe hands. Following an intensive half-term week’s training, including sectional coaching by musicians from the parent orchestra, 100 eager and accomplished 14- to 21-year-olds brought the Symphony Hall stage to life.
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| 24-Feb-2013 Colston Hall | Sublime Mahler and Penderecki: The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bristol |
 What a concert – the programme and the musicans were sublime. This time, Colston Hall got it spot on with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Seeing all of the credits for the orchestra in the back of the programme prepared me for a big and bold sound that was just short of 100 musicians. Each and every one of them contributed to a fantastic sound under the baton of Jacek Kaspszyk.
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| 12-Dec-2012 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | Jurowski's endgame: Grisey and Mahler with the LPO |
.jpg) The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s latest “only connect” programme was inspired by its allocated date – 12/12/12. An equivalent numerical repetition will not recur for another century. Furthermore the reversal of the first figure to 21 coincides with the day signalled by the Mayan calendar as a day of ending. In keeping with this apocalyptic vantage point, Gérard Grisey’s Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil (“Four Chants for Crossing the Threshold”, 1996–98) and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony no. 5 (1901–02) were paired to map a journey from the dark abyss into a bright awakening.Read full review... | |
