Live, Video: Kritiken zu klassischen Konzerten, Opern, Ballett und Tanz finden | Russian Funeral, for brass band

Its theme of the passing of everything from cherry blossom to opera houses made this a programme for the artistic perils of our time. 

Britten's Cello Symphony and a no-holds-barred account of Shostakovich’s mighty Tenth Symphony at Snape Maltings

Alina Ibragimova plays with skill but insufficient sound to fill the Royal Albert Hall; Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO blow the roof off with Shostakovich's account of the Revolution of 1905.