| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 8-May-2013 National Concert Hall | Pavel Kogan and Moscow State Symphony Orchestra in Dublin |
 “From Russia with love” might have been an apt title for this evening’s performance from the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra on the Irish leg of their tour, for this was a concert designed to showcase all that is best in Russian music both in interpretation and in composition. With one of Moscow’s leading orchestras performing Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky under the baton of one of Russia’s most widely known and respected conductors, Pavel Kogan, it was a total immersion in Russian culture for the evening.Read full review... | |
| 2-Nov-2012 Walt Disney Concert Hall | Quirky Golijov and granitic Tchaikovsky from the LA Phil and Alsop |
 Kym Thomson.jpg) If there was any sense that the Marin Alsop was at the end of a particularly harried week for her, she displayed no signs of it at her “Casual Friday” concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Friday 2 November. The Baltimore-based conductor found herself at the center of the headlines last week – albeit for reasons she probably would have preferred to have passed up on. Her home was caught in the sights of the fury of the devastating Hurricane Sandy that passed over the US East Coast that week, with the storm’s powerful winds knocking a large tree over her study.Read full review... | |
| 1-Nov-2012 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | Nicola Benedetti and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall |
 For those who like their orchestral music Romantic, strident and generally unrelenting, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert on 1 November was just the job. Korngold’s Violin Concerto in D major, played by Nicola Benedetti, was sandwiched in between two emotionally charged pieces of Tchaikovksy as the RPO under Diego Matheuz played to a packed Royal Festival Hall.
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| 2-Aug-2012 Concertgebouw: Main Hall | An energetic future with JeugdOrkest's Tchaikovksy and Rachmaninov |
 The JeugdOrkest Nederland (Netherlands Youth Orchestra) have musicians ranging in age from 14 to 20, yet the artistic quality of their members is impressive. Tonight’s program seemed perfectly suited to their sensibilities; from Kyriakides’ complex and challenging Nerve, to the beautiful melodies and catchy rhythms of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no. 2, and ending in a bombastic and extremely energertic performance of Tchaikovksy’s Symphony no. 6.
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