Germany Streich, Wolfe, Tchaikovsky: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Philharmonie, Berlin, 11.6.2023. (GT)
Two world premieres and a fabulous Francesca di Rimini from Petrenko’s Berlin Philharmonic
Gregor Tassie
Laurence Equilbey’s Insula Orchestra gives a brilliant historically informed concert at Dresden’s Frauenkirche
Germany Dresden Music Festival [5]– Mozart: Pierre Génisson (clarinet), Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor), Frauenkirche, Dresden, 24.5.2023. (GT)
Spellbinding Mahler Ninth from the Budapest Festival Orchestra at Leipzig’s Mahler Festival
Germany Mahler Festival [3]: Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Gewandhaus Grosser Saal, 23.5.2023. (GT)
Memorable Mahler Seventh by Daniel Harding and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Germany Mahler Festival [2]: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Gewandhaus Grosser Saal, Leipzig, 22.5.2023. (GT)
Mahler’s Tenth is given an outstanding performance by the CBSO in Leipzig
Germany Mahler Festival [1]: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Robert Trevino (conductor), Gewandhaus Grosser Saal, Leipzig, 21.5.2023. (GT)
The Iceland Symphony entertains Scotland in Russian romantics and Icelandic music
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Thorvaldsdottir: Sir Stephen Hough (pianist), Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Eva Ollikainen (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 23.4.2023. (GT)
A tremendous celebration of the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninov’s birth in Yekaterinburg
Russian Federation Rachmaninov. Visible Music Festival: Soloists, Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Choir /Andrei Petrenko (conductor), Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra / Andrei Petrenko (conductor). Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Hall, from Virtual Concert Hall relay, 30.3.2023. (GT)
Russian double bill enthrals Glasgow with RCS’s neglected opera based on Pushkin and a sensational satirical hit
United Kingdom Prokofiev, César Cui, Elena Langer: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland / Lada Valešová (conductor). New Atheneum Theatre, Glasgow, 20.3.2023. (GT)
