Performer: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla’s polarised approach exaggerates music by Weinberg and Prokofiev, while Kirill Gerstein keeps control in a refreshing, elegant performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto.

**111

Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO serve up sonority in Los Angeles

Néstor Castiglione, 12 Oct

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and its former Music Director thunder in Disney Hall in the latest stop on their US tour.

****1

Lifelessness, extremes and emotional weight in conflicted CBSO evening

Simon Cummings, 06 Oct

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the CBSO give a flat rendition of Haydn in an otherwise emotionally-conflicted, moving evening featuring Weinberg, Elgar and Thomas Adès.

***11

Gabriela Montero captivates with her unique Tchaikovsky

Robert Gainer, 11 May

With two very well-known pieces, could Gabriela Montero, Gražintyė-Tyla and the CBSO find ways of keeping them interesting? The answer was a resounding ‘Yes’.

*****

Kopatchinskaja and Gražinytė-Tyla bring life to Russian music

David Karlin, 02 Mar

The Moldovan-Austrian-Swiss violinist brings boundless energy to Stravinsky, while the CBSO excels in the slower passages of Tchaikovsky.

****1

Three kinds of Romanticism: Gipps, Brahms and Adès in Birmingham

Simon Cummings, 04 Aug

The CBSO explored a plethora of Romantic ideas in a trio of symphonies, including a premiere from Thomas Adès.

****1