LSO/Gergiev – review

Barbican, LondonThough Brahms and Szymanowski make for unlikely musical bedfellows, Valery Gergiev's latest project with the LSO is to perform in pairs each of the composers' four symphonies. Originally unveiled at the Edinburgh festival, the project made a whistle-stop European tour before opening the Barbican season in London last month. It's an excellent idea because it allows the LSO to draw on the Adam Mickiewicz Institute's considerable resources, and also because the Szymanowski, accor...

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