Gerhardt/Philharmonia/Salonen | Classical review

Royal Festival Hall, LondonIt's rare but refreshing to see a soloist from the first half of a concert sit among the audience for the second. Mitsuko Uchida makes a habit of it, as do some younger players. But what I'd never seen, until now, was a visiting soloist return to play among the ranks of the orchestra. Yet Alban Gerhardt, a German cellist in high demand, who had just delivered a ravishing performance of Dvorák's cello concerto, joined the Philharmonia as 11th cello for Sibelius's secon...

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