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Tree of dreams blossoms with Gergiev Die Walküre takes us from sublime to the mundane Fairytale in full Mahler’s silence and savagery The man mesmerising London High intensity from Gergiev Gergiev catches the feverish passion No let up with Gergiev Mahler the magnificent The thrill of Prokofiev Short on thrills A Chorus of approval Soviet suffering, intensely realised Gergiev dazzles as the Proms erupt

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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

Verdi's Requiem strikes a good balance

12.01.09
LSO brings out the spirituality beneath Verdi’s greasepaint at the Barbican.... more

Romeo and Juliet dazzles

24.11.08
Valery Gergiev's take on Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet is music of bold emotion and high drama, rather than the deepest feeling.... 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

Fairytale in full

21.08.08
The first complete performance at this year's Proms, Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty, was done ravishingly, says Barry Millington... 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

Dr Who takes a bow at Proms

09.04.08
A new Doctor Who story will be screened at a special Prom dedicated to the TV show... 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

Davis goes out on a high note

13.12.06
As the LSO performed Handel's Messiah at the Barbican it was the departure of their principal conductor that was on everyone's minds rather than the advent of the Newborn King.... 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

Messages delivered with finesse

30.08.06
Fluent and fluid, the Orchestre National de France, under the direction of Kurt Masur, achieved something quite remarkable at the Albert Hall last night.... 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

Three of a kind

17.08.06
Barry Millington picks out three must see classical performances to go and see in London.... more

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