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Excellent playing, but lacklustre conducting in Sydney

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Reviewed at Sydney Town Hall, Sydney on 19 February 2020
Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 1
Stravinsky, Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Pietari Inkinen, Conductor
Mahler survives unusual pairing as Sydney Symphony opens new season
****1
Cello whisperer Kian Soltani debuts in Sydney
****1
Daniel Müller-Schott plays Tchaikovsky with the Sydney Symphony
****1
Sublime Burleske in the Sydney Symphony's Strauss concert
****1
18th-century fireworks from Stephen Layton and the Sydney Symphony
****1
Majestic Brahms from Sir Stephen Hough and Elim Chan in Sydney
****1
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