Artículos de Mark Pullinger

Julia Fischer ends her London Philharmonic Orchestra spring residency with Elgar's Violin Concerto and a chamber encore which sees Jurowski turn to the piano.

Two concerts at Milton Court intersperse The Four Seasons with concertos from L'estro armonico and sacred cantatas featuring countertenor John Holiday.

A rare chance to hear the first of the Danish maverick's 16 symphonies, plus Nicola Benedetti shines in Korngold's luscious Violin Concerto.

Poulenc on primetime: Francis Poulenc's opera, based on Cocteau's play, comes to the small screen this Easter, filmed on location in Paris and starring soprano Danielle de Niese. 

The review is published. How was the staging? How well did X's role debut go? And more importantly... what was the star rating?!

“A Soviet artist's creative response to justified criticism” and Shostakovich's orchestration of music by Mussorgsky were at the heart of this BBC SO programme at the Barbican. 

There was a celebratory atmosphere to launch the 2022 festival, including royal fireworks and coronation anthems, but it was Ukrainian mezzo Anna Starushkevych who provided the evening's most moving moment. 

Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic continue their European tour at the Barbican, pairing Smetana's paean to his homeland with Rachmaninov's early piano concerto. 

With his impish grin, the Hungarian conductor revels in Mahler's “heavenly” Fourth Symphony as clothed in refreshing period instrument colours. 

Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings and Rachmaninov's Second Symphony are given urgent, ardent readings by the Filarmonica della Scala. 

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

Olivier Py's new production at La Scala is inspired by art depicting the Temptation of St Anthony, but turns out to be disappointingly tame.

Iván Fischer conducts a mini Stravinsky residency at London's Southbank Centre, featuring six works that encompass a number of the chameleon composer's styles. 

Giuseppe Antonio who? Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima make a case for the works of Brescianello on a bill shared with the Red Priest. 

Antar could almost be taken as a dry run for Rimsky-Korsakov's masterpiece, Scheherazade and it impressed in this performance by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. 

It was fitting that one of The Royal Opera's most loyal servants, Renato Balsadonna – Chorus Director of the Royal Opera Chorus from 2004-16 – was in the pit for this anniversary performance, leading an often thrilling musical account. 

La directora artística del English National Ballet reflexiona acerca de los logros de la compañía durante el confinamiento y habla acerca de su primera incursión en la coreografía para revivir un clásico del s. XIX.

Karina Canellakis makes her first appearance at the Royal Festival Hall as the LPO’s Principal Guest Conductor, giving a punchy account of Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony that takes in the sweep of its mighty architecture.

Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov still reign over The Kingdom of Sweet as The Nutcracker returns to Covent Garden for a marathon run of performances over the Christmas season. 

Breastplates are back in vogue, but comedy horses and cheap production values undermine the first chapter in English National Opera's new Ring cycle.