Philharmonia Orchestra (Susan Elkin reviews)
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 20 February 2019 The now well-established partnership between the Philharmonia and the Marlowe Theatre continues to bring out the...
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 20 February 2019 The now well-established partnership between the Philharmonia and the Marlowe Theatre continues to bring out the...
Kings’s Head Theatre, 13 February 2019 This is Bizet’s Carmen as you’ve never seen it before. Reworked for 2019 Britain, it opens in an...
Mote Hall, Maidstone, 2 February 2019 Three big works meant an enlarged orchestra (85 players) which included four percussionists, piano, celeste and...
Steinway Hall, 29 January 2019 Haydn’s piano music is much less well known than his symphonies, choral works and chamber music but...
The Dome, Brighton, 20 January 2019 The highlight of this concert was an enjoyably intelligent account of Mendelssohn 3rd Symphony – the Scottish – with...
Barbican Hall, 7 January 2019 Inspired programming meant a whole concert full of powerful story telling which really showcased the ability of...
London Coliseum, 13 December 2018 An Elkin Christmas is not complete without a good Nutcracker and a decent Messiah (latter next week although I’m not reviewing...
A slightly less populist concert than MSO often presents, we began with Kodaly’s Dances of Galanta. Brian Wright observed in his introduction that...