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Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic bring Slavic homelands to Edinburgh

By David Smythe, 20 August 2022

Festive Dvořák, intense Martinů with Katia and Marielle Labèque, and an awesome performance of Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass at the Edinburgh International Festival.

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Edinburgh

21 Aug 2022

Slavic homelands: Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic in Edinburgh

By David Smythe

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London

Music-making of polish and commitment from Bychkov and the BBCSO

By David Truslove, 05 August 2022

A world premiere, a rarely performed concerto and a slice of late Rachmaninov formed a well-conceived programme that also featured the internationally renowned Labèque sisters.

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London

07 Aug 2022

Music-making of polish and commitment from Bychkov and the BBCSO

By David Truslove

Cleveland

Labèques make a persuasive case for rare Bruch in Cleveland

By Timothy Robson, 09 May 2019

Semyon Bychkov was the guest conductor for a fine concert that also included the US premiere of Detlev Glanert’s evocative Wide Open Land, Music with Brahms, and expansive Smetana.

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Cleveland

11 May 2019

Labèques make a persuasive case for rare Bruch in Cleveland

By Timothy Robson

London

A convincing Leningrad by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Bychkov

By Renée Reitsma, 16 January 2014

Martinů’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra is a lively, catchy piece, and was played as such by the Labèque sisters and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Semyon Bychkov. Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 7 is, however, long, heavy and disquieting.

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London

19 Jan 2014

BBC Symphony and Bychkov

By Renée Reitsma