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Our writer is dazzled by the venue, but the music that the Hamburgers play in it proves pretty dazzling too; Martinů’s Double Concerto is a showcase for both the players and the hall. 

A firecracker performance by Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin giving urgency to music composed at a time that echoes our own.

Tonight’s concert was a prime example of the solid programming of Southbank Centre’s The Rest is Noise festival. The concert, titled “Music from Dark Times”, included pieces by Webern, Berg, Bartók and Martinů, written between 1934 and 1941, which were indeed dark times for all these composers.

Martinůs' musikalisch interessantes Doppelkonzert wird von den Wiener Symphonikern technisch ausgezeichnet realisiert.

L’Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne de passage en terres genevoises aura offert un bien lumineux Concerto pour deux orchestres de Bohuslav Martinů. 

Albert Roussel disait de Bohuslav Martinů « ce sera mon chef-d'œuvre ».