| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 4-Nov-2012 Meyerson Symphony Center | Vienna at the opera (and movies): Beethoven and Korngold with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra |
 Two Viennese masters, Beethoven and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, shared the stage in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s concerts this weekend. Maestro Jaap van Zweden conducted Beethoven’s Leonore Overture no. 3 and Symphony no. 5 in C minor, and in between these was joined by violinist Hilary Hahn for Korngold’s Violin Concerto in D major.
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| 1-Nov-2012 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | Nicola Benedetti and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall |
 For those who like their orchestral music Romantic, strident and generally unrelenting, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert on 1 November was just the job. Korngold’s Violin Concerto in D major, played by Nicola Benedetti, was sandwiched in between two emotionally charged pieces of Tchaikovksy as the RPO under Diego Matheuz played to a packed Royal Festival Hall.
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| 16-Jun-2012 Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall | New York Philharmonic with Gilbert and Kavakos: Nielsen steals the show |
 A concert juxtaposing masters and lesser-knowns can have two effects: it can illustrate the genius of the master, or it can unveil an unjustly neglected gem. New York Philharmonic’s recent offering accomplished both. The combination of Beethoven, Korngold, and Nielsen spanned a huge swath of what is loosely called Romantic music, demonstrating the peaks and valleys possible in the style.
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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... | |
