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Ax, Rattle and the LSO make two weighty masterpieces feel airy, uncluttered and suitably uplifting.

A concert programme that includes both Holst and Vaughan Williams is as right as strawberries and cream at Wimbledon. 

“From Russia with love” might have been an apt title for this evening’s performance from the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra on the Irish leg of their tour, for this was a concert designed to showcase all that is best in Russian music both in interpretation and in composition.

At what age is it time for a conductor to gracefully hand on his baton and stop polishing his concert shoes? André Previn last night appeared on stage at the Barbican in a pair of very shiny shoes indeed, but they didn’t help him onto the rostrum any quicker.