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Charisma and colour from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic at the Proms

Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Arabella Steinbacher
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
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“with the atmosphere of Bloomsbury Square in foggy November evoked”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 7 September 2025
Respighi, Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome)
Milhaud, Le Bœuf sur le toit (The Ox on the Roof), Op.58 (version for violin and orchestra)
Vaughan Williams, Symphony no. 2 “A London Symphony”
Arabella Steinbacher, Violin
Vasily Petrenko, Conductor
Edusei’s Beethoven and Rangwanasha’s Strauss thrill at Cadogan Hall
****1
Petrenko’s searing Shostakovich overshadows Grosvenor’s Beethoven
****1
Perception-altering Shostakovich from Serebrennikov and Petrenko
*****
A trio of exiled composers: Petrenko and the RPO at the RFH
****1
Giltburg’s Beethoven enlightens the dark between Berg and Stravinsky
****1
Celebrating 20 years of the RPO at Cadogan Hall
**111
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