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Gardner/LPO review – tautly controlled Tippett, and whoops for Seong-Jin Cho’

The starry Korean pianist’s account of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto was joyous and compelling, while Gardner made a persuasive case for Tippett’s divisive second symphony

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LPO/Adès review – composer’s finest stage work sea-changes into something rich not strange

Thomas Adès’ Tempest symphony proved a shapely and gorgeous précis of his 2004 opera in a concert conducted by the composer himself

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Benjamin Grosvenor, RLPO/ Wong; Kirill Gerstein, LPO/ Szeps-Znaider; Seong-Jin Cho – review

In a busy week for star pianists, Benjamin Grosvenor takes a late-romantic warhorse and runs with it, while the RLPO try out their latest gleaming acquisition…

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LPO/Gardner review – magical outing for Tippett’s ‘unplayable’ piano concerto

Coleridge-Taylor’s stately, long-lost Solemn Prelude and a crisp, exploratory interpretation of Elgar’s first symphony completed a trio of English compositions

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A Child of our Time/Serenade to Music, LPO/Gardner at the Royal Festival Hall concert review - inspired

These two pieces are rarely played together but it turned out to work perfectly

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LPO/Manze review – Vaughan Williams’s beauty, and disturbing power, to the fore

The London Philiharmonic began its 150th tribute with beloved gems before unleashing the composer’s mighty Ninth Symphony – with a trip into Tom Coult’s luscious Pleasure Garden on the way

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Gurrelieder review – Schoenberg’s soundworld thrills under Gardner’s baton

Conductor Edward Gardner opened the London Philharmonic’s season with a detailed and focused performance of Schoenberg’s formidable cantata.

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The week in classical: The Dream of Gerontius, Bach’s Mass in B minor and Nathan Laube at the Proms

Jamie Barton and Allan Clayton lead a dream Gerontius in a week of choral epics at the Proms. Elsewhere, deep listening and silence…

The Guardian - UK

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Twitter is overflowing with cute cat pictures on International Cat Day—and we’re not complaining.

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LPO/Gardner/Gerhardt review – tour de force playing in remarkable UK premiere

Brett Dean’s Cello Concerto was played with tremendous virtuosity by Alban Gerhardt, emphasising the music’s compelling nature

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Renée Fleming/LPO review – superstar soprano is unforgettable

This ‘gala evening’ with Fleming was breathtakingly intimate, though the London Philharmonic, under Enrique Mazzola, deserved equal credit in this strange programme of Dvořák, Verdi and Strauss

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