LSO/Davis – review

Barbican, LondonSir Colin Davis's ongoing exploration of the six symphonies of Carl Nielsen with the London Symphony Orchestra is not presented in numerical order; it was the second that provided the climax of this penultimate programme in their Barbican series. In an alternative thematic focus, Mitsuko Uchida was the soloist in the fourth of Beethoven's piano concertos.But first came a third strand in the shape of Haydn's Symphony No 98, one of a set of 12 written for London. Throughout, Haydn...

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