| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 25-Apr-2013 La Maison Symphonique de Montréal | A celebration of youth with L'Orchestre Métropolitain |
 Tonight’s concert by L’Orchestre Métropolitain was a celebration of youth which featured a great number of young musicians, including guest conductor Jean-Michaël Lavoie, 21-year-old pianist Marika Bournaki, 13-year-old violinist Kerson Leong, a children’s choir, and even a few child composers.
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| 25-Jan-2013 Usher Hall | RSNO: Borisova-Ollas, Schumann & Dvořák |
 RSNO cellist Peter Hunt's pre-concert talk began with a reading from Salman Rushhdie's novel, The Ground Beneath Her Feet. This reworking of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, was the inspiration for Open Ground by Russian-born (now Sweden-based) composer Victoria Borisova-Ollas. The novel's principal character, Vina Aspara, is caught up in an earthquake in Mexico. The complete work, a staged performance for orchestra, singers and narrator, also contains rock trio and harp. The 2006 première featured a film directed by Mike Figgis.
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| 6-Dec-2012 Royal College of Music: Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall | Prokofiev and Dvořák by the RCM Philharmonic Orchestra |
 Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé Suite is a film score originally composed in 1938. It’s a piece with many contrasts, yet the recurring melodies and catchy rhythms make it a joy to hear. The first movement was introduced by Laura Gilroy on cornet, hidden in the wings of the concert hall, after which the percussion and flutes took over. There is a (perhaps misleading) lightness to the first moments of the piece, which the orchestra played playfully and gently.Read full review... | |
| 14-Nov-2012 Colston Hall | Tchetuev, Förster and the Prague Symphony Orchestra at Colston Hall, Bristol |
 For this concert the Prague Symphony Orchestra brought their classical music heritage overseas to Colston Hall. The programme gave us a taste of composers close to the orchestra’s homeland, providing a delightful evening of luxury – in music and in dress code. Members of the orchestra were attired in white tie and tails for the men and full-length black for the ladies, elegant and with an air of grandeur that suited the nature of the large orchestral works they were to perform.
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