Simon Rattle
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Under Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Mark-Anthony Turnage’s reflective Remembering was in no way discountenanced by being followed by Mahler’s mighty sixth symphony
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Letters: However much a new concert hall cost, the money spent would pay builders, plumbers, electricians and carpenters as well as musicians
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Mark-Anthony Turnage led the way in a notable week for British composers
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Will the arts in future depend on philanthropy?
Vanessa ThorpePlans for a new London concert hall are in doubt because of a lack of state funds, but Britain used to have a tradition of wealthy donors underpinning the arts
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From the classical archive, 13 February 1976: Christopher Ford meets a young conductor on a fast-track to success
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Pianist Krystian Zimerman reunited with the conductor for a finely tuned programme than ranged from Rachmaninov to Beethoven
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Professional and amateur performers join Simon Rattle and the LSO for opera premiere
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The composer’s late oratorio is the work of a man looking back at life with great contentment, even as he contemplates its close
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For all the fine playing of Rattle and his Berlin Philharmonic, the performances don’t convey the musical journey charted by these symphonies
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The conductor pays tribute to the composer who died earlier this week, and reveals the surprising extent of his influence on the teenage Simon
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Berlin Philharmonic, Konzerthaus and Staatskapelle orchestras play for Syrians and other migrants
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Husband and wife showcase with a thrown-together feel sees Rattle and Kožená outperformed by their string quartet
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If London is given the go-ahead for concert hall Simon Rattle dreams of, it must, above all, get its acoustics right. But it should be architecturally nuanced too
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An all-French programme was played to perfection, with Leonidas Kavakos a superbly articulate soloist
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Preserving the power of Debussy’s symbolist masterpiece with wonderful subtlety, Simon Rattle and Peter Sellars go headstrong into a bright future with the London Symphony Orchestra
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Letters: Georg Solti was so impressed on his first visit to the hall that he booked more dates on the spot
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Topics
- Classical music
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Opera
- London
- Berlin Philharmonic
- Barbican
- Harrison Birtwistle
- Arts funding
- Germany
- 2015 in review
- Leif Ove Andsnes
- Daniel Barenboim
- Southbank Centre
- Birmingham
- Arts policy
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Choral music
- Bernard Haitink
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Mark-Anthony Turnage
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