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Salonen and Philharmonia brush up nicely

18.08.09
For his Prom with the Philharmonia, Esa-Pekka Salonen offered works in which dance played a role, and if the audience wasn't dancing in the aisles, it was not for want of orchestral energy... 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

Philharmonia Vienna provide music to die for

29.05.09
The Philharmonia's Vienna series is delivering overwhelming performances of masterpieces of early modernism under Esa-Pekka Salonen.... more

Salonen lets the lid off Gurrelieder's love songs

02.03.09
Esa-Pekka Salonen brought Gurrelieder, an extravagant manifestation of late Romanticism, to a suitably blazing climax.... more

50 ways to have fun in 2009

02.01.09
Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months. ... more

Unbashed romanticism in Oedipus Rex

24.09.08
Festival Hall's gala event celebrated Esa-Pekka Salonen's first concert as principal conductor of the Philharmonia.... more

Rattle to conduct every Schumann symphony

18.04.08
Sir Simon Rattle will conduct all Schumann's symphonies and pianist Alfred Brendel will play his final London concert in the new classical music season at the Southbank Centre... more

A song of love

08.02.08
The joyful pageant which is Messiaen's Turangalila-Symphonie has to be sampled at least once in a lifetime.... more

Ice, great rivers and the hand of man

02.11.07
Last night's account of Sibelius was characterised by taut rhythmic control and driving momentum.... more

Premiere for Salonen's Piano Concerto

31.07.07
Gleefully motoric outer movements contrasted with a lyrical and nostalgic central section as the BBCSO performed with Esa-Pekka Salonen.... more

Mahler, bright but not warm

13.06.07
The Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen celebrate their return to the Royal Festival Hall last night, including a performance of Mahler's Third Symphony. ... more

Enjoying a renaissance

11.06.07
Warwick Thompson talks to Jude Kelly, the artistic director of the Southbank Centre, about the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall.... more

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