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Salonen, Philharmonia, Royal Festival HallThursday, 01 October 2009You’re playing, say, a Brahms sonata. You’ve got jam on your face. Your trousers fall down. Your accompanist starts to play the piano with his head. What you’re meant to do in this situation, I remember my violin teacher drilling into me, is to... Read more... |
Haitink, Chicago SO, Royal Festival HallFriday, 25 September 2009
The Bruckner half of the programme appeared to have come early as Bernard Haitink and the Chicago Symphony sternly, doggedly, processed through the introduction of Haydn’s Symphony No.101 ‘Clock’. It was a portent of things to come. The prognosis... Read more... |
Haitink, Chicago SO, Royal Festival HallWednesday, 23 September 2009Strolling into the Royal Festival Hall's private function room on Level 5 last night, I naturally expected it to be crammed with freeloading hacks such as myself on the trail of free drinks, but the room was mostly populated by corporate types in... Read more... |
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