http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-372-jean-sibelius/topic-rss.do Jean Sibelius RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23739187-mariss-jansons-is-simply-the-best.do Opening with Haydn's Symphony No 100, the so-called “Military”, Mariss Jansons sculpted rhythms with absolute precision. 2009-09-01T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23712715-herbides-ensmeble-takes-no-prisoners.do The Hebrides Ensemble played as if it was a matter of life and death. 2009-06-25T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23671000-maazel-shows-his-magic-touch.do If a little dramatic character went missing, the closing funeral march had a real feeling of grief barely choked back in Maazel's show. 2009-04-02T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23614599-segerstam-conducts-in-commendable-style.do The London Schools Symphony Orchestra delivers a performance of the highest calibre. 2009-01-09T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23594178-wave-of-emotion-in-riders-to-the-sea.do Death permeates Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Riders to the Sea, and it hovers tragically over English National Opera’s production. 2008-11-28T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23592861-vlad-the-impaler.do The London Philharmonic's intense Russian conductor Vladimir Jurowski will continue to take the orchestra to new heights. 2008-11-26T11:41:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23573853-drawn-to-toradzes-vision.do Toradze's performance of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto with the LPO injected new life into what too often sounds like a knackered warhorse. 2008-10-15T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23549421-compelled-to-listen-to-jugendorchester.do The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester won over a spellbound Albert Hall through sheer vitality, panache and brilliance. 2008-09-01T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23527684-anna-meredith-is-prom-queen.do How will Anna Meredith's gutsy, wild new composition for 800 performers be received by the Last Night audience?. 2008-08-06T10:57:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23516818-the-25-must-see-proms.do The 2008 Proms caters for all tastes, prejudices and proclivities as never before. Here are the moments you can't miss. 2008-07-16T09:10:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23481392-the-vaughan-identity.do He has been out of fashion for more than 50 years, but now composer Ralph Vaughan Williams's vision of Englishness is being celebrated once again. 2008-04-30T13:36:20Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23435288-emperor-loses-some-grandeur.do In constantly pushing on in pursuit of a more dynamic approach, Kirill Karabits sacrificed the opulence the Emperor Concerto surely demands. 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23425854-fine-finnish-band.do While the Tampere Philharmonic may not be a Premier League orchestra, it's a fine band that suited Jennifer Pike's assured reading. 2007-12-06T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23419283-ice-great-rivers-and-the-hand-of-man.do Last night's account of Sibelius was characterised by taut rhythmic control and driving momentum. 2007-11-02T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23410344-double-dose-of-brilliance.do Both Mariss Jansons and Oliver Knussen put in five-star performances at the Albert Hall. 2007-08-29T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23408788-fresh-norwegian-debut.do Under the expert guidance of music director Andrew Litton, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra made its Prom debut playing Grieg last night. 2007-08-16T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23408653-rare-sibelius-gets-overdue-airing.do The seven symphonies of Sibelius are firm fixtures at the Proms and this year were performed by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra under Osmo Vanska. 2007-08-15T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23406559-a-jittery-and-fast-late-night-prom.do Ivan Volkov enjoyed an enterprising programme with the BBC Singers, while the late night Prom from London Sinfonietta was a dazzling affair. 2007-07-31T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23405583-edinburgh-festival-highlights.do From theatre to comedy, music and film, our critics pick the best of the Edinburgh Festival. 2007-07-24T08:54:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23393945-proms-takes-inspiration-from-hurricane-katrina.do The BBC Proms will tackle the subject of global warming with a musical drama inspired by the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. 2007-04-26T07:15:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23393790-dam-busters-fly-in-for-film-night-at-the-proms.do The 113th BBC Proms will celebrate great British films with a concert of scores from classics such as The Dam Busters and Shakespeare In Love. 2007-04-25T10:56:04Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23393810-last-blast-at-the-proms.do As his final, typically eclectic Proms line-up is announced, Nicholas Kenyon reflects on his years in charge of 'the greatest musical festival in the world'. 2007-04-25T10:23:40Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23386199-lessons-by-a-virtuoso.do A large, young crowd was at Wigmore Hall for an object lesson in how to make the viola sing. 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23385812-a-star-in-the-making.do Hailed as a superstar in the making, Gustavo Dudamel's account of Sibelius's Fifth Symphony teemed with lively detail and pulsated with energy, says Barry Millington. 2007-02-16T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23384916-a-brisk-canter-on-a-venerable-warhorse.do This Philharmonia programme desperately needed either a charismatic conductor or a revelatory soloist for the Grieg. It had neither, says Barry Millington. 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23367831-pianist-shows-strength-and-weakness.do Pianist Evgeny Kissin has great talent, but as he demonstrated at the Barbican, he often squanders it in displays of crashing insensitivity. Conductor Colin Davis didn't help matters either. 2006-09-24T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23364923-in-search-of-mozarts-inner-peace.do Phillippe Herreweghe steered the Orchestre des Champs Elysées down an alternative path at its Proms performance of Mozart's Requiem, and the less intense approach proved successful. 2006-08-28T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23364457-critics-choice-top-five-classical-events.do Barry Millington's pick of the weekend's top classical events includes some Mozart at Greenwich park and the Minnesota Orchestra at the Proms with phenomenal pianist Llyr Williams... 2006-08-24T15:10:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23363869-three-of-a-kind.do Barry Millington picks out three must see classical performances to go and see in London. 2006-08-17T13:39:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23363701-the-masters-of-elegy.do A mood of elegy spun its web over the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra's Prom. But two masterworks from Strauss and Bartók weren't quite delivered with the precision and colour required. 2006-08-14T23:00:00Z