Articles by George Slater-Walker

Another low-energy second half let down a strong first in the San Francisans' second appearance at the Proms under Michael Tilson Thomas.

Although Michael Tilson Thomas's reading of Mahler's First Symphony left a little to be desired, Jeremy Denk joined them for an utterly convincing reading of Cowell's Piano Concerto. 

For their first and last ever visit to the Proms, the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg and François-Xavier Roth gave a thrilling concert of 20th-century masterpieces, celebrating a rich history of creative inspiration.

The devil was in the details for the Boston Symphony Orchestra's first Prom this year; even mastering the Albert Hall's acoustic, some unfortunate errors let the side down.

The monumental shadow of Pierre Boulez loomed rather too large over Ravel's Left Hand Concerto and the full Firebird in François-Xavier Roth's detailed readings.

The Philharmonia's rich strings shine in an ultimately incosistent evening of Romantic classics.

Bernard Haitink and the LSO in fine form for an all-Beethoven programme, but the 'Glorious Ninth' fails to impress.

Beethoven gets the mock-period treatment from Michael Sanderling and the Dresden Philharmonic in the first of three concerts at Cadogan Hall.

Gansch and Martineau fail to dazzle in an unchallenging programme of bucolic and playful Lieder.

The Israeli pianist's lyric gift shone above all else in a programme of pianistic heavyweights.

Joshua Bell and other musical heavyweights fail to impress in an evening of Czech chamber works well-known and otherwise.

A monumental recital of passionate classics from some members of classical music's royalty, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

The first of two concerts given by the Britten Sinfonia at the Barbican Hall, with Barbara Hannigan as both singer and conductor.

“the moon has set... I lie alone.” A deeply absorbing new production to the music of Georg Friedrich Haas in the Linbury Studio.

Neo-Romanticism, Modernism, and Post-Modernism run delightfully amok in the second night of the New York Philharmonic's Barbican residency.

With a programme spanning from Bach through Schumann, Cage, all the way to Lera Auerbach and David Lang, Hilary Hahn shows she is on top form alongside pianist Cory Smythe.

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Chief Conductor Mariss Jansons fell just short of excellence in the first concert of their residency at the Barbican, with Bruckner's 4th Symphony alongside Mozart's G Major Violin Concerto (with Frank Peter Zimmermann).

A somewhat disappointing première of Colin Matthews’ Traces Remain could not stifle the abandon and verve of new Principal Conductor Sakari Oramo’s Eroica with the BBCSO at the Barbican.

A concert of music from the beginning of the 20th century with Pons and the BBCSO, including a performance of music by neglected opera composer Franz Schreker.

Wednesday night’s concert saw the London Symphony Orchestra with principal guest conductor Daniel Harding in what seemed a slightly odd programme, pairing Schubert’s Fifth with Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde.