| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 17-May-2013 Sage: Hall One | Agony and ecstasy from Northern Sinfonia |
 It’s a slightly topsy-turvy world when a Shostakovich symphony lightens the mood and sends you home grinning, and when a work by Mahler is a filler rather than the main event. It’s also unusual to hear Northern Sinfonia playing full orchestral works by either of these composers, as most of their symphonic output requires much larger forces, so there was much that was new and enjoyable in tonight’s concert, even though there was no obvious connection between the works on the programme.
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| 21-Oct-2012 Laeiszhalle: Großer Saal | Lisa Batiashvili and NDR Sinfonieorchester thrill in Hamburg |
 “Royal Albert Hall / Barbican / Usher Hall (delete as necessary) sold out for Sunday morning concert.” How likely is this headline in response to a normal, mid-season concert in Britain? For Hamburg, it is perfectly normal, and the crowds that thronged the Laeiszhalle, young and old, chic and casual, were not to be disappointed. Now in his second year as Principal Conductor of the NDR Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Hengelbrock led his accomplished musicians in a programme which thrilled and moved their audience in equal measure.Read full review... | |
| 7-Jun-2012 Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall | A fearless Shostakovich by Weilerstein and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra |
 The Mahler Chamber Orchestra presented a Russian program with a twist; “A Russian Flirt with Haydn”. All four works and three composers that graced the stage were influenced by Haydn, most obviously Schnittke and his Moz-Art à la Haydn. The music worked well together, though I would suspect that this is more due to the Russian background than Haydn’s influence. Still, with this concert and the rest of the program this year, the Holland Festival has once again established itself as one of the most exciting cultural festivals in The Netherlands.
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| 24-May-2012 Bridgewater Hall | The Hallé and Nikolaj Znaider: Ninth Symphonies of Beethoven and Shostakovich |
 Nikolaj Znaider concluded the Hallé Beethoven cycle in emphatic fashion, preceding the Choral Symphony with another ninth symphony, that of Shostakovich. The football-style roar from the sell-out audience at the end of the evening was a good indicator of the quality of the concert.
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