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CONCERT REVIEW | Bartók & Bruckner | London Symphony Orchestra/Rattle | Barbican, London | "the LSO weren’t only about precision and tonal splendours, but also purveyors of big ideas"

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CONCERT REVIEW | Widmann, Lutosławski, & Brahms | Berliner Philharmoniker & Rattle | Royal Festival Hall, London | "One had to simply admire this klang while it was still there, for the silence that followed the last note signaled the end of an era"

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CONCERT REVIEW | Abrahamsen & Bruckner | Berliner Philharmoniker & Rattle | Royal Festival Hall, London | "the Berliner strings never betrayed an underlying sinew – somehow reminding one of the Karajan-sound, as it were"

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CONCERT REVIEW | Schubert, Mahler, etc. | London Symphony Orchestra/Kožená & Rattle | Barbican, London | "Rattle’s sensitivity proved to be a judicious outcome given the inward nature of these works"