First-rate Tchaikovsky from the St Petersburg Symphony

By David Truslove, 13 February 2015

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Reviewed at Anvil, Basingstoke, Basingstoke on 11 February 2015

Shostakovich, Music to the play Hamlet by Shakespeare, Op.32

Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, Op.23

Rachmaninov, Prelude in G major, Op.32 no.5

Shostakovich, Symphony no. 9 in E flat major, Op.70

Tchaikovsky, The Snow Maiden, incidental music, Op.12 (Entr'acte II)

Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, Op.71: Russian Dance

St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

Leon McCawley, Piano

Alexander Dmitriev, Conductor

Dmitriev brings a taste of St Petersburg to London

Mark Thomas, 16th October

Alexander Dmitriev and the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra paraded passionate and colourful Tchaikovsky, while the masterful Peter Donohoe gave a potent and intricate Rachmaninov.

****1

St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in Manchester

Rohan Shotton, 23rd February

The St Petersburg SO and Alexander Dmitriev give a thoughtful and accomplished programme in Manchester's Bridgewater Hall

***11

St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra play Rachmaninov and Shostakovich in Edinburgh

Alan Coady, 7th October

A neighbour at a recent visiting orchestra’s Edinburgh Festival concert asked me what I thought of the atonal frenzy in the pre-performance free-for-all; warm-up scales mingled with sneak peeks at tricky passages. My response was that a school orchestra would not be allowed to do this.

*****