Valhalla burns: thrilling Bruckner 3 from Jurowski and the LPO

By Mark Pullinger, 04 May 2019

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“Jurowski cut through this performance with a keen blade”

Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 3 May 2019

Brahms, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77

Bruckner, Symphony no. 3 in D minor, WAB 103 (1877 version)

Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor

Janine Jansen, Violin

London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Chris Garlick, 21st January

Jurowski took a full-on approach in the first movement, grinding through the discords without shame and only pulling back in those rare moments in the score where everyone is catching their breath.

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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.

Valhalla burns: thrilling Bruckner 3 from Jurowski and the London Philharmonic