Philharmonia/Maazel – review

Colston Hall, BristolAs the Philharmonia's Mahler cycle with Lorin Maazel continues, it's hard to resist the observation that this is as much about Maazel as it is Mahler: the Colston Hall programme was even parcelled with a brochure about his own festival back in Virginia. This concert paired the Fourth Symphony with Mozart's Violin Concerto No 5, on paper a heavenly combination in keeping with the symphony's pervasive theme of Das Himmlische Leben. But there was something curiously mundane...

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