Oeuvre: Peter Grimes, Op.33: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia

Réunissant une programmation éclectique, la direction musicale faisait ici le pari de réunir trois grands compositeurs pourtant peu joués et dont les liens musicaux semblaient peu évidents : Hector Berlioz, Sir Edward Elgar et Benjamin Britten.

Technically impressive pianism from Denis Matsuev doesn't click with Noseda and the LSO, but Shostakovich 6 is delivered with verve.

The idea that war is hell is certainly not a new one. Shostakovich may not have had knowledge of the quote's original context, but he was no stranger to the atrocities caused by war.