Showing posts with label Gergiev. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gergiev. Show all posts
Sunday, 25 August 2019

Gergiev, Mariinsky, Tchaikovsky Symphonies no 4 & 5

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Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra with Tchaikovsky Symphony no 4 in F minor op 36 and Symphony no 5 in E minor op 64 from the M...
Wednesday, 23 January 2019

Gergiev Marathon : Russians and Mahler, Elbphilharmonie

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Where does Valery Gergiev get his energy ?  Two livestreams back to back from the Elbphilharmonie, both programmes hefty. Mahler Symphony...
Friday, 21 December 2018

Glazunov Raymonda : Petipa, Gergiev, Mariinsky

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This year's Mariinsky Ballet Raymonda, with Viktoria Tereshkina, conducted by Valery Gergiev on arte.tv until February.  This is th...
Monday, 4 September 2017

Prokofiev's Cantata for the Twentieth Anniversary of the October Revolution - Gergiev Prom

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Sergei Prokofiev's  Cantata for the Twentieth Anniversary of the October Revolution , Op 74,  with Valery Gergiev conducting the Ma...
Saturday, 3 December 2016

Lost no more : Stravinsky Rimsky-Korsakov Gergiev Mariinsky

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Igor Stravinsky's lost Funeral Song , ( Chante funèbre ) op 5 conducted by Valery Gergiev at the Mariinsky in St Petersburg  Thi...
Thursday, 20 October 2016

No and Not ! The Nose ! Shostakovich

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Shostakovich The Nose at the Royal Opera House tonight, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher, who is the reason why I want to go.  Please read m...
Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Gergiev Ustvolskaya Shostakovich Berlin Musikfest

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At the Musikfest Berlin, Valery Gergiev conducted the Münchner Philharmoniker in Galina Ustvolskaya's Symphony no 3 "Jesus Mess...
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Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Gergiev smiles Prom 4 Ravel Ustvolskaya

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Valery Gergiev in a happy, sunny mood at BBC Prom 4.  Gergiev always springs surprises but this was a surprise beyond expectation. When G...
Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Bread and circuses - Boris Godunov, ROH

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Modest Mussorgsky Boris Godunov at the Royal Opera House, London with Bryn Terfel, in the original 1869 version rather than the tarted-...
Thursday, 24 September 2015

Gergiev speaks - candid interview

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"Sometimes people think they are holding a magic wand"says Valery Gergiev in a remarkably candid interview. Note the source - T...
Tuesday, 4 November 2014

Gergiev Mariinsky Boris Godunov Barbican

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Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov (original version) with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Opera, starting their residency at the Barbican,...
Friday, 25 July 2014

Gergiev Janáček Glagolitic Mass Prom LSO

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At  Prom 9 Valery Gergiev conducted the London Symphony Orchestra. The LSO are an excellent orchestra, whose musicians have worked toge...
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Monday, 21 July 2014

Gergiev World Orchestra for Peace Prom 4

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In the aftermath of  MH 17, it's hard to think of any ally of Vladimir Putin as an ambassador for world peace.  On the other hand, be...
Thursday, 16 January 2014

A closer look at the Barbican 2014-2015 season (1) LSO

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The Barbican's 2014-2015 season's just been announced. It's not wildly glamorous, but, on closer examination, it's a more...
Sunday, 14 July 2013

Gergiev explodes - Le Sacre du printemps full video

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Tonight at the BBC Proms,  François-Xavier Roth conducts Stravinsky Le scare du Printemps (the Rite of Spring). It's g...
Saturday, 4 May 2013

New Mariinsky II Theatre Gala Opening

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The new Mariinsky Theatre, or Mariinsky II, St Petersburg, looks fantastic. It sounds fantastic too. The design concept is so innovativ...
Monday, 20 August 2012

Summary - Edinburgh Gergiev LSO Brahms Szymanowski

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Gergiev's Brahms and Szymanowski series at the Edinburgh Festival, ahead of the Barbican tour later this year, has majored in loudn...