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BBC Philharmonic/Tortelier – review

5380 days ago
Guardian Music — Bridgewater Hall, Manchester"Fantasy" was the somewhat nebulous theme of the BBC Philharmonic's second concert as part of Manchester's ongoing Reflections on Debussy festival. Yan Pascal Tortelier conducted a programme that had a slightly bitty feel ... more info

CBSO/Gardner – review

5384 days ago
Guardian Music — Symphony Hall, BirminghamIf there's one English work from the first few decades of the 20th century that can stand alongside music composed elsewhere in Europe in the same period, it's Gustav Holst's The Planets. In Edward Gardner's concert with the... more info

SambaSunda Quintet – review

5385 days ago
Guardian Music — Union Chapel, LondonIt might be the fourth most populous country on earth, with a fast-growing economy to match, but Indonesia has had surprisingly little cultural impact in the UK. If we know anything about its music, it will be the stately bronze... more info

LSO/Tilson-Thomas/Von Otter

5397 days ago
Guardian Music — LSO/Tilson-Thomas/Von OtterDebussy and Weill make a strange coupling in a series devoted to the 150th anniversary of the Frenchman's birth: Debussy's impressionism, probing the depths of emotion and sensation, is far removed from Weill's hard-edged s... more info

LSO/Tilson Thomas – review

5398 days ago
Guardian Music — LSO St Luke's, LondonBesides being regarded as one of the greatest founding fathers of 20th-century modernism, Claude Debussy is also one of music's most intriguing might-have-beens. When he died in 1918, at the age of 55, Debussy seemed to be on the... more info

Peter Jablonski – review

5399 days ago
Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonWe don't hear as much of Swedish-born pianist Peter Jablonski in the UK as we might, which is strange, given that he lives here. He developed a reputation for being a hard-hitting heavyweight, a criticism not borne out by ... more info

LSO/Tilson Thomas – review

5406 days ago
Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonDebussy's early Fantasy for piano and orchestra gets few outings – it had none whatsoever in the composer's lifetime – but it formed the centrepiece of the first concert in the London Symphony Orchestra's series focusing on the Fr... more info

BBC Philharmonic/Mena – review

5408 days ago
Guardian Music — Bridgewater Hall, ManchesterManchester is marking the 150th anniversary this year of the birth of Debussy with a six-month-long festival of orchestral concerts, recitals and talks. The pianist Noriko Ogawa is artistic director of Reflections on Debus... more info

Review: Superb production of Debussy's 'Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien' at San Francisco Symphony

5418 days ago
Mercury News, California — The spectacle repeats at Davies Hall through Saturday. One need only focus on the spoken narration by mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade to understand the aesthetic at work here: the sound of the French language is irresistibly sensuous. more info

Debussy: Pelléas and Mélisande – review

5419 days ago
Guardian Music — Hannan/Dean/Howlett/Tomlinson/Walker/English National Opera/Elder(Chandos, three CDs)English National Opera has hosted three productions of Debussy's opera at roughly decade-long intervals. This addition to Chandos' Opera in English archive is taken ... more info

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