Either way, this thirty-minute-long score doesn’t sound particularly valedictory. Though its middle movements mine some dark territory, the outer pair are wonderfully sunny; the finale digs into the ...

When Vladimir Jurowski returns to what used to be “his” London Philharmonic Orchestra, you’d better jump. I would have done on Wednesday had I been able to get to his heady mix of Russian and ...

With assured leadership by the young Uzbek guest conductor Aziz Shokhakimov, the audience responded to all three pieces — ...

A lot hung upon the delivery last night of Henning Kraggerud, whom I last witnessed leading performances of Strauss’s ...

When you’ve already come as close as possible to perfection in the greatest masterpiece, why risk a repeat performance with a ...

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wigmore-hall.org.uk • There was time when the so-called “Three Bs” of music were Bach, Beethoven and Brahms; and to some extent they still are. But taking a different view on Jan 9 at the Barbican, ...