| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2013 Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall | Brussels does Vienna: The National Orchestra of Belgium take on Mozart and the mighty Bruckner 4 | Alice Hughes |
 Brussels’ Palais des Beaux-Arts occupies the site where once stood the Pensionnat Héger, the school where Charlotte and Emily Brontë lived during their sojourn in the Belgian capital – an appropriate setting, as it is not difficult to imagine Bruckner’s mighty Fourth Symphony underscoring one of the sisters’ Gothic tales of unrequited love.Read full review... | ||
| 16-Sep-2011 Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall | Bostridge brings Britten to Brussels | David Karlin |
 The poetry of Arthur Rimbaud was, to borrow a phrase from the 1960s, "way out there." His 1870s collection Les Illuminations inspired Benjamin Britten, who set a selection of the poems to music: the words are surreal, bizarre, sometimes erotic, always onomatopoeic and packed with interesting sounds. Britten's music brilliantly builds upon and amplifies Rimbaud's rhythms, phrasing and imagery, producing a potent and fascinating. It's an awful pun, but it's fair to say that Britten's music illuminates Rimbaud's poetry.
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