| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2013 Bridgewater Hall | Britten, Ravel and Janáček with Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé |
 The 2013 Britten centenary celebrations are now well under way with every major and minor musical institution, British and foreign, scheduling a broad range of works in honour of Britten’s birth. The Hallé’s first contribution, under the direction of Sir Mark Elder, consists of a suite, compiled by Mervyn Cooke and Donald Mitchell, from Britten’s only full-length ballet score The Prince of the Pagodas.Read full review... | |
| 16-Nov-2012 Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Concert Hall | Anne-Sophie Mutter debuts with the Hong Kong Philharmonic |
 Michael Francis is the go-to conductor to replace fellow maestros at short notice. The newly appointed Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor to Norrköping Symphony Orchestra in Sweden stood in for Valery Gergiev with only 12 hours’ notice, and for John Adams with even less, in performances with the London Symphony Orchestra in 2007. Fortunately, his appearance with the Hong Kong Philharmonic on Friday was anything but under-rehearsed.
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| 16-Dec-2011 Stadsgehoorzaal | Youthful passion and skill at the Stadsgehoorzaal |
 When you go to see a student orchestra play a concert, your expectations are generally lower than with professional orchestras. And so, when the Symfonieorkest of the Amsterdam Conservatory and soloists from the same Conservatory came to Leiden with an exciting program of Ravel, Prokofiev, Dvořák and Janáček, I thought it’d be a fun night, but not necessarily impressive. However, as soon as the orchestra started playing I realized I was in for a surprise.
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