| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2013 Birmingham Symphony Hall | Ballets Russes: 1913 with the CBSO, James Ehnes and Simone Young |
 It isn’t every day that you bump into a world-class virtuoso violinist. I bumped into one, James Ehnes as it happens, and in the literal rather than figurative sense, only minutes before he was to star in the CBSO’s concert celebrating the Ballets Russes in 1913 – a programme that brought together the delightful tranquillity of Mussorgsky’s prelude to Khovanshchina, Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D minor, Debussy’s Jeux and finally Stravinsky’s The Firebird suite.
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| 18-Sep-2012 Cadogan Hall | Fanfares and Finland: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall |
 What do you get when you cross Teutonic drama, Finnish sentimentality and Russian grandeur? The answer, it seems, as displayed by conductor Enrique Bátiz the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in their latest Cadogan Hall concert, is a vibrant and exciting evening of music.
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| 29-Jun-2012 Concertgebouw: Main Hall | Zomerconcerten's opening night: The joy of Kuusisto |
 When it comes to summertime concerts, visitors to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw are often lucky, and this year is no different: the Robeco Zomerconcerten offer a diverse and exciting program that was kicked off by the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky and Pekka Kuusisto with music by Elgar, Sibelius and Tchaikovksy. Pekka Kuusisto is one of the main attractions of this year’s Zomerconcerten, playing not only the opening concert, but also programs of Paganini, Finnish folk music and Vivaldi.
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| 26-Feb-2012 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | Dynamic Rachmaninov from Vasily Petrenko and the Philharmonia |
 This weekend, the popular Sunday matinee concert by the Philharmonia Orchestra featured the dynamic Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko. We have been hearing great things about him as the chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (he also takes up the post of chief conductor at the Oslo Philharmonic from the 2013/14 season) and this guest performance with a London orchestra was much anticipated.
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