Safety first: the Symphony Orchestra of India makes its London debut

By Mark Pullinger, 21 February 2019

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Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 20 February 2019

Berlioz, Le Carnaval romain, Op.9

Hussain, Peshkar, Concerto for tabla and orchestra

Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, Op.35

Symphony Orchestra of India

Zane Dalal, Conductor

Zakir Hussain, Tabla

From Evil Empire to Grail Fellowship: The Symphony Orchestra of India

Roy Westbrook, 8th December

Richard Farnes conducts Andrew Gourlay's symphonic suite drawn from Wagner's Parsifal as the Symphony Orchestra of India returns to Cadogan Hall.

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When East meets West: the Symphony Orchestra of India in London Town

Alexander Hall, 30th November

Visiting orchestras often bring something special with them: here it was a newly commissioned triple concerto for classical Indian instruments. Alpesh Chauhan impresses in Stravinsky, less so in Richard Strauss.

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L'Inde au Victoria Hall : le tabla de Zakir Hussain aux honneurs.

Thomas Muller, 21st January

L'Orchestre Symphonique d'Inde et Zakir Hussain ont donné au Victoria Hall un moment de rêverie orientale totalement envoûtant... Chapeau bas à cet ensemble si neuf et qui a prouvé un sens de la cohésion et de la musicalité qui n'a rien à envier aux ensembles européens.

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L'Inde au Victoria Hall : le tabla de Zakir Hussain aux honneurs.

Thomas Muller, 21st January

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When East meets West: the Symphony Orchestra of India in London Town

Alexander Hall, 30th November

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L'Inde au Victoria Hall : le tabla de Zakir Hussain aux honneurs.

Thomas Muller, 21st January

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.