A highly responsive orchestra fuelled by adrenaline and enthuasiasm. Bliss.
Exhilarating Norrington. Epic Beethoven. Brilliant.
The slow movement from Vaughan Williams 5 and the thoughts it provokes.
Beethoven isn’t my go-to composer. Never has been. There’s nothing wrong per se about the man’s music. There is melody. There’s drama. In his symphonic works especially the textures in his orchestral writing are highly satisfying. The problem is (or maybe it’s not a problem) I admire the creative achievement in the same way I…
Discovering Sibelius 3 for the first time and hearing George Li play Mozart 23 via monitors. A difficult evening what with my hacking cough, but the LCO are really very good.