I was cutting things a little fine arriving in my seat panting and sweating just as the first chord of Tchaikovsky’s Overture to Romeo and Juliet sounded. By its inclusion – 5 minutes longer than the billed duration – my heart rate had reduced and my face and neck had dried off. Conductor Yuri Simonov…
A majestic sound in an acoustic that left absolutely no prisoners in a concert endeavour that sought to strengthen cultural ties between two countries. Down the road in Parliament, MPs participated in the most toxic of exchanges.