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London Symphony Orchestra / Gergiev - review

24.08.11
The LSO consistently turns out performances a cut above their rivals in terms of the sheer vibrancy of their playing - for which the charismatic direction of Valery Gergiev is no doubt largely responsible... more

Swan Lake: Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre/Gergiev - review

16.08.11
The Mariinsky has brought Swan Lake to the Proms and this review won't mention the choreography at all, mainly because there wasn't any... more

Gergiev's inspired handling raises questions

13.05.11
Working their way steadily, in numerical order, through a cycle of Tchaikovsky symphonies, Valery Gergiev and the LSO last night reached the least often played of the six: No. 3 in D major, the "Polish"... more

Proms 2010: Solo stars bond for a stunning team show

17.08.10
In most circumstances you’d have to travel a long way to hear four different orchestras perform Alexander Scriabin’s music within nine days but that’s what the Proms can do for you... more

Global mission accomplished by World Orchestra for Peace

06.08.10
With the 150th anniversary of Mahler’s birth this year, and the centenary of his death next year, there’s no shortage of his music... more

Gergiev and the power of Strauss

13.01.10
Valery Gergiev was in total command from first note to last in Elektra... more

Opening this week

11.01.10
Carlos Acosta comes to Covent Garden in the ballet and an already popular screen-to-stage musical adaptation of Legally Blonde... more

Tree of dreams blossoms with Gergiev

21.09.09
No promoter feels safe until Valery Gergiev's actually on the rostrum but once there, his absorption and charisma are all-encompassing.... more

A magnum opus with Valery Gergiev

25.08.09
Valery Gergiev brought “his” band, the London Symphony Orchestra (he’s its principal conductor), to the Proms.... more

Die Walküre takes us from sublime to the mundane

31.07.09
There’s plenty that’s mundane about this production of Die Walküre. Not so much in visual terms but musically and dramatically... more

Opening this week in London

29.06.09
Arctic Monkeys are coming to Brixton Academy and Notting Hill Carnival is in town.... more

Meet Valery Gergiev - the total conductor

23.06.09
Valery Gergiev reveals the missing link between Richard Wagner and Dutch football as he prepares to bring his revamped Ring cycle to London.... more

Chinese opera devised by 3,000 children wins classical award

13.05.09
A Chinese opera created by 3,000 primary school children in Hackney has won one of classical music’s top awards... more

Bold move from Valery Gergiev and LSO

08.05.09
The programming of Valery Gergiev's concert with the LSO at the Barbican Hall was bold but also astute.... more

Music

08.10.08
Live music, be it opera or rock festivals, is proving more popular than ever — and is offering a desperately needed financial lifeline. London remains the heartbeat of the industry. ... more

Resounding triumph for Mahler's greatest work

10.07.08
Mahler's Symphony No8 exploits the prodigious echo to provide the kind of overwhelming spiritual experience that the symphony should be.... more

Mahler’s silence and savagery

22.04.08
Valery Gergiev is a firm believer in the dramatic pause and his audience at the Barbican were captivated by it.... more

The man mesmerising London

25.03.08
Love it or hate it, the LSO's Mahler cycle is the latest hot ticket. That, says its hair-raising conductor Valery Gergiev, is because 'together we are saying something new'.... more

High intensity from Gergiev

25.02.08
Valery Gergiev's performance with the Vienna Philharmonic was a reading of characteristic emotional intensity.... more

Gergiev catches the feverish passion

14.01.08
The LSO's new principal conductor Valery Gergiev showed he is not a man for half-measures during his sell-out performance at the Barbican.... more

No let up with Gergiev

23.11.07
Mahler's Sixth Symphony is the kind of intense score to which Valery Gergiev responds best, with dangerous, illuminating results.... more

Mahler the magnificent

25.09.07
Valery Gergiev's Mahler series with the London Symphony Orchestra may not be an original calling card but the Russian can do no wrong, says Nick Kimberley.... more

Gergiev wins approval

29.08.07
The Proms audience roared approval at an imaginative all-Russian concert by the London Symphony Orchestra and their new principal conductor, Valery Gergiev. ... more

The thrill of Prokofiev

15.06.07
Valery Gergiev conducted a thrilling performance of Prokofiev's rarely heard Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution. ... more

Short on thrills

30.03.07
Valery Gergiev might be a regular visitor to the London concert scene, but Barry Millington warns against prejudging his music. The Russian conductor is not as predictable as he makes out.... more

Pappano packs a powerful punch

18.12.06
One of the LSO's starriest guest conductors, Antonio Pappano drew delighted gasps and a spontaneous round of applause from a capacity audience at the Barbican Hall.... more

A Chorus of approval

06.12.06
Flitting between St Petersburg, Cardiff and the Barbican, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and Chorus are seemingly inexhaustible, says Barry Millington.... more

Soviet suffering, intensely realised

14.09.06
Valery Gergiev and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra started slowly with Mozart but built up to something spectacular with an intensely realised performance of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony.... more

Russian repertoire lacks real passion

06.09.06
We've had ample opportunity this year to hear Russian music played by Russians. Last night was the turn of a Korean cellist, Welsh orchestra and Japanese conductor, and it wasn't quite the same.... more

Gergiev dazzles as the Proms erupt

21.08.06
Not everything was perfect, but as Valery Gergiev conducted the London Symphony Orchestra at the Albert Hall on Friday he confirmed himself as the world's most exhilerating conductor.... more


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