CONCERT REVIEW | Rimsky-Korsakov, Ibert, Borne, & Berlioz | Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra/Demin & Gergiev | Cadogan Hall, London | "One could see how the clear and bright sonority of Demin’s flute... won him such prestige"
United Kingdom: Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Matvey Demin (Flute) & Valery Gergiev (Conductor). Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 7 October 2019.
Rimsky-Korsakov, Mlada: suite
Ibert, Flute Concerto
Borne, Fantasie Brillante sur Carmen
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, Op.14
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| Valery Gergiev, © Alexander Shapunov |
A certain fierceness beholds the persona of Valery Gergiev. A man humble of smiles, Gergiev also maintains a superhuman schedule. Including the first of the two London concerts dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the death of Berlioz, Gergiev has performed six concerts over the past week in four cities, covering music from Beethoven and Schubert to Shostakovich, Prokofiev to Dutilleux, Berlioz to Rimsky-Korsakov.