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Marking his debut with the NDR Elbphilharmonieorchester, Andrew Manze nails his colours to the mast with Purcell and Vaughan Williams as well as accompanying Alban Gerhardt in Walton.

Clearly Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla has found her feet with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and isn't afraid to be a bit experimental.

Broad tempi and a measured steer from Bernard Haitink led to a concert somewhat lacking in vigour and energy.

The brass, winds and percussion of the LSO opened the concert with a powerful, dramatic rendition of Purcell’s Music for the funeral of Queen Mary, arranged to sharpen the effect for modern ears by Steven Stucky.

Geschmacklich und interpretatorisch offen gebliebene Fragen verhindern eine königliche Hommage von Le Concert Spirituel mit Oden von Purcell und Händel.

Est-ce pour rendre justice à sa formation au Royal College of Music de Londres, que la jeune suédoise a privilégié pour ce programme reposant tout particulièrement entre ses mains une trop rare thématique britannique ? Ce choix d’œuvres, reconnues de toutes parts mais pas toujours jouées en France, témoigne en tout cas d’un goût certain.