Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonAfter a slow start, the classical music year is back to top speed. Daniel Barenboim has Âarrived with the Berlin Staatskapelle and the New York Phil, armed with their Âsecret weapon, is hot on their tail. Not the best Âmoment, perhaps, for a local period-instrument orchestra whose name only the most devoted of its devotees bother to Âpronounce in full to begin yet another Beethoven symphony cycle. But on the strength of the opening concert under Vladimir �...
Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonAfter a slow start, the classical music year is back to top speed. Daniel Barenboim has Âarrived with the Berlin Staatskapelle and the New ... more info