Perception-altering Shostakovich from Serebrennikov and Petrenko

Kirill Serebrennikov's installation for Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony

Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Kirill Serebrennikov's installation for Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony

Von Mark Pullinger, 27 April 2025

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“Serebrennikov uses video to enhance what we hear rather than to depict the music itself”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Festival Hall, London, am 27 April 2025

Sibelius, Finlandia, symphonische Dichtung für Orchester, Op.26

Weill, Four Walt Whitman Songs

Schostakowitsch, Symphonie Nr. 7 in C-Dur "Leningrad", Op.60

Kirill Serebrennikov, Art Director

Ilya Shagalov, Video

Roderick Williams, Bariton

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Vasily Petrenko, Musikalische Leitung

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*****

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*****

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Few violin concertos soar from the first bar as Erich Korngold’s does, especially as in Ray Chen's high-wire account at the Royal Albert Hall.

****1

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Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

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**111

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Kevin John Edusei, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra celebrate the joys of a life well-lived – rounded off to the sounds of larks ascending.

****1

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Stylish Beethoven from Benjamin Grosvenor and dramatic Ustvolskaya from Yuriy Yurchuk, but Petrenko and the RPO’s blistering Shostakovich steals the show.

****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

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