Royal Festival Hall, LondonBeginning and ending with Beethoven – the Fidelio Overture and the Fifth Symphony, in lithe, alert and above all intensely purposeful performances – Vladimir Jurowski conjured something remarkable out of his latest appearance with the London Philharmonic. Turning the programme into a tribute to the victims of oppression, Jurowski separated these familiar scores with late Schoenberg and early Nono, three works dating from the years of the second world war and its af...
Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonBeginning and ending with Beethoven – the Fidelio Overture and the Fifth Symphony, in lithe, alert and above all intensely purposeful perform... more info