Philharmonia/Salonen – review

Royal Festival Hall, LondonAmnesty International was founded just over 50 years ago, an anniversary marked by Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia with performances of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Dallapiccola's one-act opera Il Prigioniero (The Prisoner), both associated with fiercely libertarian ideology. The Beethoven was nothing special – a straightforward account that notably lacked energy until we reached the finale, when things finally took wing. Il Prigioniero, however, hit with th...

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