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Prom 36 A Space Odyssey: LPO/Gardner review – unsettling and awesome

Intense and finely focused performances of the Ligeti and Strauss pieces used in Kubrick’s sci-fi epic revealed every detail of their unearthly majesty and awesome extremes

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Turbocharge philanthropy, conga to Beethoven, ditch the ukuleles: 10 ways to save classical music

After cuts by Arts Council England and the BBC, Simon Rattle says UK opera houses and orchestras have never faced greater peril. How can they fight back? Top musicians outline their battle plans

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LPO/Gardner review – Brett Dean provides tantalising prelude to cool Mahler

World premiere of this extract from Dean’s ‘planned opera’ was full of vivid colour and ear-catching textures. The Mahler that followed was stylish and unsentimental

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LPO/Gardner at the Royal Festival Hall: Brett Dean’s premiere showed a right royal row (again)

This new work by the orchestra’s composer-in-residence oscillated between the dramatic and the contemplative

Evening Standard

The Damnation of Faust review – Berlioz’s exemplary evocations of heaven and hell

Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic offered a timely reminder of Berlioz’s astonishing gifts as a choral and orchestral writer

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LPO/Gardner review – magical outing for Tippett’s ‘unplayable’ piano concerto

Coleridge-Taylor’s stately, long-lost Solemn Prelude and a crisp, exploratory interpretation of Elgar’s first symphony completed a trio of English compositions

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Avalon Regal Theater: What’s up with old movie palace with glorious past?

Despite a history of nearly a century of cultural significance, the theater has sat mostly empty since 2003.

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Quirky, revelatory, intimate … the best classical releases of 2022

From live Tippett, locked-down Debussy and luminous Charles Koechlin to dazzling Szymanowski and dextrous Beethoven, we pick the outstanding releases of the past 12 months

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The week in classical: It’s a Wonderful Life; A Child of Our Time; IMS Prussia Cove – review

ENO’s warm-hearted production of Jake Heggie’s operatic take on the classic Frank Capra film is full of poignant ironies

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A Child of our Time/Serenade to Music, LPO/Gardner at the Royal Festival Hall concert review - inspired

These two pieces are rarely played together but it turned out to work perfectly

Evening Standard

The Midsummer Marriage review – Tippett’s heady mix has the recording it deserves

Gardner captures perfectly the overflowing exuberance of Tippett’s score, with Toby Spence and Jennifer France an ideal Jack and Bella

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Gurrelieder review – Schoenberg’s soundworld thrills under Gardner’s baton

Conductor Edward Gardner opened the London Philharmonic’s season with a detailed and focused performance of Schoenberg’s formidable cantata.

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The week in classical: The Dream of Gerontius, Bach’s Mass in B minor and Nathan Laube at the Proms

Jamie Barton and Allan Clayton lead a dream Gerontius in a week of choral epics at the Proms. Elsewhere, deep listening and silence…

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Prom 59: The Dream of Gerontius review – outstanding Clayton helps create a season highlight

Edward Gardner conducted the London Philharmonic and the combined choirs of the LPO and Hallé to give a perfectly judged performance of Elgar’s great choral work

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The week in classical at the Edinburgh festival, from Salome to Madame Chandelier

The striptease is all Strauss’s in the Bergen Philharmonic’s expertly revealing Salome. Plus, the new-ish Takács Quartet, a theorbo moment and a sock-throwing night at the opera

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Bergen Phil/Gardner/Ólafsson review – crowd-pleasing but never dangerous

Edward Gardner led the orchestra in a controlled performance, with an exquisite but tentative Víkingur Ólafsson on piano

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Bank of England’s dire recession warning too ‘optimistic’ amid gas threat, economists say

‘If Russia were to completely cut supplies and we had a cold winter it would be a perfect storm’

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LPO/Gardner review – timely celebration of the brilliance of Oliver Knussen

The LPO’s celebration of the late composer included a superbly assured performance of his Horn Concerto by the 19-year-old Annemarie Federle, a last-minute replacement. Glittering Ravel and sequences from Britten’s only ballet followed.

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LPO/Gardner/Gerhardt review – tour de force playing in remarkable UK premiere

Brett Dean’s Cello Concerto was played with tremendous virtuosity by Alban Gerhardt, emphasising the music’s compelling nature

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SoundState: LPO/Edward Gardner review – a compelling musical journey

Rebecca Saunders’ concerto was the highlight of an opening night that also included Missy Mazzoli and the last major work by George Walker

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