Diversity within unity: Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace

By Hazel Rowland, 21 July 2014

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“Gergiev was unafraid of letting the orchestra take the reins”

Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 20 July 2014

Panufnik, Three Paths to Peace (European première)

Strauss R., Die Frau ohne Schatten: Symphonic fantasy

Mahler, Symphony no. 6 in A minor "Tragic"

World Orchestra for Peace

Valery Gergiev, Conductor

Prom 9: A lively Beethoven 9 from Runnicles

Rohan Shotton, 21st July

Donald Runnicles conducts the World Orchestra for Peace and BBC Proms Youth Choir at The Proms

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Prom 26: Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace

Simon Birch, 5th August

If there were to be one orchestra that is essentially a “dream team”, the World Orchestra for Peace would surely be it.

Three card trick: La Scala’s gamble pays off in Pique Dame

Mark Pullinger, 23rd February

Valery Gergiev finally turns up to conduct an electrifying evening, crowned by Asmik Grigorian's full throttle performance as Liza.

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Miraculous Russians: Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky in Florence

Elena Luporini, 11th December

Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra call in at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino for a programme of Prokofiev, Bartók and Stravinsky... and Gergiev picks up the keys to the city too.

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Grand Romantic statements from Gergiev at the Enescu Festival

Edward Sava-Segal, 6th September

Two giants of the Romantic repertoire that were met with disdain by Eduard Hanslick at their premieres are given persuasive readings in Bucharest.

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Technicolor Shostakovich and Brahms from the Munich Philharmonic

Laurence Vittes, 3rd September

A full frontal assault by Valery Gergiev on Brahms' First Symphony and Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto in explosive performances.

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Hazel Rowland

Hazel is in her final year reading music at Oxford University. As well being a classical music reviewer, she has written arts commentary for the Oxford Student and reviewed plays at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Her particular interests lies in early German Romantic music and in how classical music functions within contemporary popular culture. Follow her blog here.