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“Wish you were here!” Picture-postcard Spain from Heras-Casado and Perianes

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Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 2 March 2017
Ravel, Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso
Falla, Noches en los jardines de España (Nights in the Gardens of Spain)
Falla, El Amor brujo: Danza ritual del fuego
Stravinsky, The Firebird
Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor
Javier Perianes, Piano
A Resurrection for the ages: Kent Nagano conducts the Philharmonia
*****
A brilliant UK premiere of John Adams’ After the Fall
****1
Renes replaces Runnicles in a remarkable Philharmonia Bruckner 8
****1
Karpman’s opera Balls tells a great story, but overshoots the line
**111
Giltburg and Foster celebrate the Philharmonia’s 80th birthday
****1
Paavo Järvi and the Philharmonia: a debut and a swansong
****1
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