| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 17-May-2013 Dr Anton Philipszaal | Thrills and introspection from the Residentie Orkest with Santtu-Matias Rouvali and Wibi Soerjadi |
 Under conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, the Residentie Orkest presented an exuberant programme of perennial favourites including Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Ouverture, Chopin’s Piano Concerto no. 1 with soloist Wibi Soerjadi, and Beethoven’s Symphony no. 7.
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| 20-Mar-2013 La Maison Symphonique de Montréal | Nagano conducts Beethoven and Berg at the Maison Symhonique |
 If you like your Beethoven clean, precise and streamlined, you should go hear Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra perform the First and Seventh Symphonies, along with the Berg Violin Concerto and Beethoven’s Wellington’s Victory at the Maison Symphonique. If, however, you prefer your Beethoven heavy with the weight of history, laden with the difficulty of being human, you may as well stay home with your old Furtwängler LPs, because you won’t hear that Beethoven with Nagano at the podium.
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| 20-Mar-2013 Birmingham Symphony Hall | Heart-on-sleeve Beethoven from Andris Nelsons and the CBSO |
 Andris Nelsons continued his Beethoven cycle with deeply personal and thrilling accounts of the Sixth and Seventh Symphonies to a sold-out Symphony Hall.
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| 12-Mar-2013 Colston Hall | Perfect percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie and the Bristol Ensemble at Colston Hall |
 Beethoven did not take precedence in this concert, but he stole the title. As part of the “Brilliant Beethoven” concert series, the Bristol Ensemble performed the Seventh Symphony of the well-known composer. It was programmed at the end of the evening alongside Debussy, Vivaldi and current composer Alexis Alrich. The theme connecting the different works was rhythm. A prelude, two concertos and a symphony later, Colston Hall was near to having its audience tap-dancing – well, at least on my row. The last three pieces of the evening were competitively catchy.
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