sun 05/10/2025

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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Scala London

Concentrated bursts of power from Chicago: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

It’s my habit as a music critic to take notes at shows such as this: nothing extensive, just words and phrases jotted down to jog the memory when it comes to writing the thing up afterwards. Looking back at my scraps of paper for this, the London...

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Haitink, Chicago SO, Royal Festival Hall

Bernard Haitink: a safe pair of hands

The Bruckner half of the programme appeared to have come early as Bernard Haitink and the Chicago Symphony sternly, doggedly, processed through the introduction of Haydn’s Symphony No.101 ‘Clock’. It was a portent of things to come. The prognosis...

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