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Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Roberto Abbado's disappointing Beethoven and Brahms

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Having stayed away from the DFP Hall for almost 6 months, I ventured to watch a perennial favourite guest conductor with the Malaysian Philh...
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Saturday, 22 June 2019

Another Wigglesworth Mahlerian triumph

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Universally known and loved since its world premiere in 1844, everyone has their favourite recording of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Op 6...
Tuesday, 30 April 2019

Wigglesworth's magnificent Mahler 9

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As far as the mind can remember, we have had three previous performances of Mahler's Ninth Symphony at DFP since 1998. Benjamin Zander ...
Tuesday, 23 April 2019

A colourful Ryu Goto and Roberto Abbado concert

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One of my favourite conductors who comes regularly to conduct the MPO at the DFP in recent seasons is the distinguished Italian, Roberto Abb...
Thursday, 4 April 2019

Tianwa Yang shines in Bruch's Scottish Fantasy

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The return visit of the stellar Chinese violinist Tianwa Yang to DFP saw her offering us Bruch's lovely Scottish Fantasy . Previously, t...
Saturday, 30 March 2019

Stunning Suwanai and brilliant Briger

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The most eagerly awaited concert in 2019 at DFP was that of Akiko Suwanai playing the Brahms Violin Concerto under Alexander Briger. It was...
Tuesday, 26 February 2019

Kochanovsky's innovative Mahler concert

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Bach and Mahler do not usually fit into a modern classical concert programme together. However, the rising Russian conductor Stanislav Kocha...
Thursday, 7 February 2019

MPO's 21st stellar season concerts for 2019

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The MPO 21st season, which for the first time spans a calendar year, promises many special concerts from top conductors and soloists exclusi...
Monday, 7 January 2019

Ray Chen in a stunning Symphonie Espagnole.

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Okko Kamu's concert with the MPO opened with a somnolently paced Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte . At Kamu's restrained ...
Wednesday, 19 December 2018

Sumptuous Sibelius from Wigglesworth

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Two perennial favourite artists at the DFP, Mark Wigglesworth and James Ehnes joined forces to present an eclectic programme of Romantic and...
Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Ehnes' excellent violin recital

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A reasonably sized audience attended a mid-week violin and piano recital by James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong. Considering the travelling dif...
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A violinist who loves attending and reviewing classical concerts. Particularly loves the Berlin PO and Kirill Petrenko.
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