En vivo, Video: Buscador de críticas de conciertos de música clásica, ópera, ballet y danza | Intermezzo in E flat major, Op.117 no.1

Robin Ticciati and the LPO take a fresh look at some very familiar works by Schumann and Mahler on their visit to Gateshead. 

The antithesis of the flamboyant virtuoso, Kolesnikov displayed extraordinary eloquence in a reflective programme built around the Brahms Intermezzi.

In his mesmerising London Piano Festival programme, Pavel Kolesnikov explores Couperin and Schumann.

Polished but ultimately tepid performances that kept the emotional temperature under wraps despite some fine individual playing and singing.

Denis Kozhukhin provided flowing intensity in Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto while Yuri Temirkanov crafted a polished Shostakovich 5 with the Philharmonia.

A silver sequined gown and sparkling virtuosity dazzled a good proportion of the audience in the Queen Elizabeth Hall in a recital by Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili. However, can virtuosity for its own sake be too much of a good thing? 

For Friday’s late night prom, Andrew Manze and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra brought a decidedly quirky programme. The Brahms thread continued on from the early evening concert by Haitink and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, but this was Brahms with a strong twist. The only authentic Brahms in the programme were the two Intermezzi from op.