Gregor Tassie

Patricia Kopatchinskaja leads a powerful musical challenge to global warming in Glasgow

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom A Response to Climate Change – Dies Irae: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) RSNO Chamber Group, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Students and Vocal Ensemble. New Auditorium, Royal Concert Hall, 10.11.2021. (GT)

Patricia Kopatchinskaja during a Des irae performance in Berlin

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Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in an interesting contrast of Mendelssohn and Shostakovich

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mendelssohn, Shostakovich: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Streamed on Berlin Philharmonic’s Digital Concert Hall from the Philharmonie, 29.10.2021. (GT)

Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

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Valery Gergiev gives a terrific Mariinsky performance of Semyon Kotko Prokofiev’s neglected masterpiece

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Russian FederationRussian Federation Prokofiev, Semyon Kotko: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre / Valery Gergiev (conductor). Mariinsky II, St Petersburg, 23.10.2021. (GT)

Mariinsky Theatre’s Semyon Kotko (c) Natasha Razina

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Mariinsky Theatre’s The Fiery Angel shows that it is still as shocking as it was thirty years ago

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Russian FederationRussian Federation Prokofiev, The Fiery Angel: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre / Christian Knapp (conductor). Mariinsky II, St Petersburg, 5.10.2021. (GT)

Mariinsky Theatre’s The Fiery Angel

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