http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-422-sergei-prokofiev/topic-rss.do Sergei Prokofiev RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23764306-rene-fleming-should-sprinkle-some-stardust.do Not content to rest on her laurels, the American soprano Renée Fleming has been investigating unfamiliar repertoire in recent years. 2009-11-04T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/comedy/review-23744751-great-dames-sequined-comeback-is-distinctly-everage.do Dame Edna Everage's show was certainly a notable spectacle in all sorts of ways, but somehow this ambitious revival never really took flight 2009-09-15T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23719370-modest-but-truly-great-conductor.do 2009-07-14T13:03:06Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23682742-could-the-flu-be-payback-for-our-recent-hoggish-past.do Face it: you aren't going to die of swine flu. Getting all wound up about the looming pandemic is just a way of ignoring the plague of debt sweeping the world 2009-04-29T08:08:59Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23654293-southbank-lures-the-young-with-wolves-female-hip-hop-and-25000-free-tickets.do Thousands of free tickets are on offer for a music festival for young people at the Southbank Centre this spring 2009-02-27T09:34:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23600804-best-christmas-concerts-in-london.do Harps, Handel's Messiah and indoor fireworks — here’s our guide to the best of the Christmas concerts. 2008-12-12T09:35:43Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23591416-romeo-and-juliet-dazzles.do Valery Gergiev's take on Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet is music of bold emotion and high drama, rather than the deepest feeling. 2008-11-24T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23584760-boris-godunov-is-just-good-enough.do This ENO production of Boris Godunov seems a worthy affair rather than a triumph, says Barry Millington. 2008-11-11T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23582997-romeo-and-juliet-loses-the-plot.do With the sub‑ballet pitter-patter, the wooden swords, the pointless trans-gender casting, and weak acting, Mark Morris's Romeo & Juliet disappoints. 2008-11-06T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23559570-unbashed-romanticism-in-oedipus-rex.do Festival Hall's gala event celebrated Esa-Pekka Salonen's first concert as principal conductor of the Philharmonia. 2008-09-23T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23544610-end-of-an-era-for-gatti.do Fire and concentration made explosive magic of Daniele Gatti's last Prom as music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 2008-08-25T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23542281-fetish-night-with-a-big-heart.do Dressed like Betty Boop in a skintight red PVC dress, Miss Behave has the fruity voice of a head girl 2008-08-20T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23541531-beethoven-at-the-double.do There's no regulating the speed at which peasants merry-make but at the Proms, in Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony No6, performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, they were going for gold. 2008-08-18T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23526384-shame-about-the-dame-in-solyoms-show.do Stefan Solyom, the BBCSSO's young Swedish associate guest conductor, drew increasingly energetic and committed playing from the orchestra. 2008-08-04T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23525702-miss-behave-is-not-for-the-faint-hearted.do Three cautious cheers then for the Roundhouse for staging a month-long variety show, which is very much at the fetish end of the scale. 2008-08-03T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23480097-an-emotional-business.do Balanchine's Serenade opened The Royal Ballet’s triple bill at the Opera House last night and easily eclipsed all else. 2008-04-23T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23447228-seductive-soviet-propaganda.do Under conductor Xian Zhang, the London Symphony Orchestra enjoyed upstaging Sergei Eisenstein's film, in their presentation of Alexander Nevsky. 2008-03-03T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23441582-high-intensity-from-gergiev.do Valery Gergiev's performance with the Vienna Philharmonic was a reading of characteristic emotional intensity. 2008-02-25T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23433095-kissin-reaches-new-peaks.do Evgeny Kissin seems to have blossomed again and his playing of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No2 showed just how far he has come. 2008-01-18T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23431078-dispiriting-display.do James MacMillan's symphony was dispiriting and one never felt the talented National Youth Orchestra were being encouraged to dig deep. 2008-01-07T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23426791-composers-don-disguises.do The Britten Sinfonia's performance was precise and danceable, where shared pleasure in music-making was worth more than merely superficial gloss. 2007-12-11T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23410159-gergiev-wins-approval.do The Proms audience roared approval at an imaginative all-Russian concert by the London Symphony Orchestra and their new principal conductor, Valery Gergiev. 2007-08-28T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23407231-youth-on-fine-proms-form.do Saturday's Prom, spirited into energetic life by Mark Elder, showed the 150-odd teenagers of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain on fine form. 2007-08-05T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23406904-scintillating-homage-to-vaughan-williams.do From the slightly twee to the meticulously crafted, this playful and fantasy filled homage to Vaughan Williams at the proms holds its head very high. 2007-08-02T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23400761-the-thrill-of-prokofiev.do Valery Gergiev conducted a thrilling performance of Prokofiev's rarely heard Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution. 2007-06-14T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23400123-enjoying-a-renaissance.do Warwick Thompson talks to Jude Kelly, the artistic director of the Southbank Centre, about the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall. 2007-06-11T10:29:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23399257-risky-gamble-fails-to-pay-off.do A rarely seen opera, The Gambler shows up the problems of Prokofiev's work and only really takes fire in the last act 2007-06-03T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23378267-experiment-pays-off-for-lpo.do The LPO's latest programme at Queen Elizabeth Hall featured three works that all engage with the past in different ways, plus a world premiere. 2006-12-14T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23366220-spirited-end-to-a-triumphant-season.do Mark Elder proved the ideal witty showman at the Last Night of the 112th Proms Season, as he led the BBC Symphony and Chorus in a lively, if lengthy, finale. 2006-09-10T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-388614-prokofievs-alexander-nevsky.do 2006-08-08T18:20:54Z