Prom 26: Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace

By Simon Birch, 30 August 2010

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 5 August 2010

Mahler, Symphony no. 4 in G major

Mahler, Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor

Camilla Tilling, Soprano

World Orchestra for Peace

Valery Gergiev, Conductor

Prom 9: A lively Beethoven 9 from Runnicles

Rohan Shotton, 21st July

Donald Runnicles conducts the World Orchestra for Peace and BBC Proms Youth Choir at The Proms

****1

Diversity within unity: Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace

Hazel Rowland, 20th July

Valery Gergiev conducts the unique World Orchestra for Peace in a devastating perfomance of Mahler's Sixth Symphony at the BBC Proms. A Strauss rarity and a European premier were programmed alongside.

***11

Three card trick: La Scala’s gamble pays off in Pique Dame

Mark Pullinger, 23rd February

Valery Gergiev finally turns up to conduct an electrifying evening, crowned by Asmik Grigorian's full throttle performance as Liza.

****1

Miraculous Russians: Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky in Florence

Elena Luporini, 11th December

Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra call in at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino for a programme of Prokofiev, Bartók and Stravinsky... and Gergiev picks up the keys to the city too.

****1

Grand Romantic statements from Gergiev at the Enescu Festival

Edward Sava-Segal, 6th September

Two giants of the Romantic repertoire that were met with disdain by Eduard Hanslick at their premieres are given persuasive readings in Bucharest.

****1

Technicolor Shostakovich and Brahms from the Munich Philharmonic

Laurence Vittes, 3rd September

A full frontal assault by Valery Gergiev on Brahms' First Symphony and Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto in explosive performances.

****1

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Simon Birch

Currently studying Music at the University of Bristol, Simon is a musicologist and composer with a particular interest in raising the profile of classical music to a wide range of people and promoting contemporary composers.