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Benedetti and Gergiev thrill a packed Usher Hall

By Jeremy Morris, 18 August 2012

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Reviewed at Usher Hall, Edinburgh on 16 August 2012

Szymanowski, Symphony no. 1 in F minor, Op.15

Szymanowski, Violin Concerto no. 1, Op.35

Brahms, Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op.68

London Symphony Orchestra

Nicola Benedetti, Violin

Valery Gergiev, Conductor

Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell

Charlotte Gardner, 16th April

Vilde Frang joins Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican for transcendent Korngold alongside darker fare.

****1

Han Kang’s The White Book takes on a compelling new life

Peter Quantrill, 5th March

At the Barbican, Laura Bowler's new work for Barbara Hannigan translates Han Kang's novel into a soundscape of icy stillness

****1

A curious evening from Noseda, Kopatchinskaja and the LSO

Mark Valencia, 26th February

Good, bad, but never ugly, a curious evening unfolds at the Barbican, inspired at times, ill-judged in places.

***11

Borodin steps into the symphonic limelight: Noseda and the LSO

Mark Pullinger, 15th February

Seong-Jin Cho continues his Artist Portrait series with the LSO by performing Chopin's poetic Second Piano Concerto.

****1

Rattle and the LSO sell a travel package to Hungary and Spain

Roy Westbrook, 18th January

Opening her LSO Artist Portrait series, Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays Béla Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto before Rattle and the LSO whisk the audience to Falla’s Andalusia.

****1

Rare Vaughan Williams from Pappano and the LSO

Chris Garlick, 7th December

Tchaikovsky and Vaughan Williams make rare bedfellows, but Pappano's grip on these disparate scores impresses, with the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra on wondrous form.

****1

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Former president of Keble College music society, tank commander and head of languages at Scotland's leading independent school, Jeremy lists violin, viola and motor cycles among his principal recreations. He is particularly interested in string chamber music of all periods.