| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 9-Feb-2013 Severance Hall | Noseda debuts with Cleveland Orchestra and Massimo LaRosa in Nino Rota's Trombone Concerto |
 Gianandrea Noseda, principal guest conductor of the Israel Philharmonic and former chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, made his Cleveland Orchestra debut this weekend in works by Rachmaninov and Prokofiev, and the Cleveland première of Nino Rota’s Trombone Concerto, with the orchestra’s principal trombone Massimo LaRosa as soloist. All concerned turned in solid performances.
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| 7-Sep-2012 De Doelen: Grote Zaal | Opening of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Gergiev Festival |
.jpg) Rachmaninov’s symphonic poem The Isle of the Dead is an intense piece of music. Inspired by a painting by Böcklin, Rachmaninov tells us of the journey to the underworld. The first moments of the piece are crucial to any performance, and Valery Gergiev lead the Rotterdam Philharmonic into a heavy and emotionally laden rendition. The 5/8 that mimics so well the sound of Charon’s boat crossing the river Styx was at the forefront throughout, making the listener really visualize this journey.
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| 15-Feb-2012 Barbican Centre: Hall | A Night Off the Opera: Pappano Conducts the LSO |
 At first glance, Sir Antonio Pappano was not the obvious choice for a programme of twentieth-century orchestral works. The conductor is established as one of the leading lights of the operatic world, his tenure as Music Director of the Royal Opera House likely to go down as one of the great operatic partnerships of all time, but how would he fare in this tricky repertoire, with all attention focused on the orchestra?Read full review... | |
| 9-Feb-2011 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | Vänskä conducts Rachaminov, Liszt and Dvořák |
.jpg) The programme for last night's London Philharmonic concert at the Royal Festival Hall was wall-to-wall Late Romantic, with the first half consisting of three very different works linked by the theme of death. We opened with Rachmaninov's symphonic poem The Isle of the Dead, inspired by a painting by the Swiss artist Arnold Böcklin. The painting shows a standing figure on a small boat being rowed towards the sunlit cliffs of an island topped by cypresses (which have symbolised funeral rites since Homeric times).Read full review... | |
