OAE/Faust/Isserlis/Levin – review

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonLook! No Conductor! was the title of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's concert. Since modern ensembles (with few exceptions) are so dependent on the (almost invariably) man up front with the baton, it's worth recalling that when the three pieces in this programme were premiered - Mozart's Third Violin Concerto in Salzburg in 1775, Haydn's 104th Symphony in London in 1795, Beethoven's Triple Concerto in Vienna in 1808 - the idea of a conductor was still in th...

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