Korngold and Mahler from Ray Chen, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

Ray Chen and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Par Roy Westbrook, 13 mai 2026

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“Chen’s playing was vibrato-rich, a throb to suit Korngold’s warm melodic manner”

Critique faite à Royal Albert Hall, Londres, le 12 mai 2026

Korngold, Concerto pour violon en ré majeur, Op. 35

Mahler, Symphonie no. 5 en ut dièse mineur

Vasily Petrenko, Direction

Ray Chen, Violon

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Dutoit met Ravel et Montreux en extase !

Thomas Muller, 26th August

Dutoit a embarqué le Royal Philarmonic de Londres dans un délice de musiques ravéliennes portées aux nues. On se souviendra longtemps de cette belle soirée à Montreux qui, envoûtée par des musiques si solaires, se transforma, le temps d’un concert, en sublime rivage méditerranéen.

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Le Sacre de Stravinsky révélé par Charles Dutoit tellurique à Montreux !

Thomas Muller, 28th August

Outre un Royal Philarmonic Orchestra London pléthorique, on aura retenu les délices pianistiques d’un Daniil Trifonov superlatif, et surtout un Chrales Dutoit qui nous livre Un Sacre du Printemps magistral d’énergie primale et de musicalité : des concerts qui vous revigorent pour longtemps !

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Brillances pianistiques et orchestrales à l’Auditorium de Lyon

Beate Langenbruch, 20th October

Charles Dutoit et le Royal Philharmonic Orchestra de Londres entourent Khatia Buniatishvili de toute leur attention.

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Le Bach Choir et le RPO en manque d'inspiration

Julie Jozwiak, 7th June

Dimanche 7 juin 2015, le Royal Philharmonic Orchestra et le Bach Choir donnaient l'oratorio Elias de Mendelssohn au Royal Festival Hall, sous la direction de David Hill. Une grosse déception : pas d’émotion et pas de sens du sacré.

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Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

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Edusei’s Beethoven and Rangwanasha’s Strauss thrill at Cadogan Hall

Christopher Woodley, 26th February

Kevin John Edusei, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra celebrate the joys of a life well-lived – rounded off to the sounds of larks ascending.

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Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.

From movie music to moving music: Korngold and Mahler from the RPO