Philharmonia
Philharmonia Orchestra, Ashkenazy, RFHSunday, 31 January 2010
There are still pockets of musical snobs who want to keep Elgar's two symphonies for the English, and off the worldwide roll call of orchestral masterpieces. Yet a steady line of international conductors - from Solti and Svetlanov to... Read more... |
Peter and the Wolf, RFHMonday, 28 December 2009
Even for a narratorless animation of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf like Suzie Templeton's obsessively detailed gem of a film, you probably only need 14 words before you can get on with the business of screening and playing. Peter: strings; bird:... Read more... |
Philharmonia, Mackerras, RFHSunday, 13 December 2009
Creative old age brings with it not just the expected serene glow but also a singular urgency, a fresh intensity, or so that magisterial pianist Claudio Arrau once wrote. Arrau was a living testament to his claim; so, now, is the 84-year-old Sir... Read more... |
Angela Gheorghiu, Royal Festival HallTuesday, 10 November 2009
The famously tempestuous Romanian soprano is, we learn, living a separate life from her husband Roberto Alagna. If Opera's Most Romantic Couple is no more, will Brand Angela be terminally damaged? Surely a showcase performance in the South Bank... Read more... |
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