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The pianist played a demanding programme at London’s Royal Festival Hall
‘Petrushka’ and ‘L’enfant et les sortilèges’ exuberantly reimagined by UK collective 1927
He was an assiduous workaholic rather than a conduit for a higher being
The pianist was tuned in to the intimacy and grandeur of two Mozart piano concertos
Richard Jones’s new production palls, but musical standards are high under Mark Wigglesworth
The three linked dances catch the spirit of the composer’s myriad gestures as well as the woozy beauty of the piano flurries
A splendid, festive performance of Mozart’s opera from the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
The first night of this year’s festival featured some impressive names
This touring production of Mozart’s opera featured a fine cast and inventive playing
The orchestra played brilliantly for James Levine. The rest of the evening was less inspiring
Anita Hartig outshone her colleagues — and the staging — with a Susanna of unflagging force and charm
Chinese pianist Lang Lang’s wildly exaggerated performance was eclipsed by ‘Peer Gynt’
The playing of neglected works added up to an impressive London debut from the Paris ensemble
The festival’s ‘Day for Pierre Boulez’ was a triumphant celebration of the composer
Louis Langrée conducted a programme that featured two stellar soloists
David McVicar handles Mozart’s comic opera about clashing Christian and Muslim values with a light touch
A new work about climate change follows a tradition of librettos inspired by contemporary topics
A new concerto by André Previn echoed lighter Strauss, but was only intermittently entertaining
Performances with a fortepiano transport the listener to the aristocratic salons of the classical era
The drama of Mozart’s opera is lost in a production overdependent on technological wizardry
The singing is of a high standard in this revival of David McVicar’s handsome-looking production
Mozart’s cantata gets an equestrian accompaniment at an old Habsburg riding school
The singers bloom despite some directorial silliness
The performances are strong-willed, bold in contrasts, almost Beethovenian in their mettlesome thrust
Its fairground setting is inventive, but this is a ‘Così’ lacking in human drama
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