All Philharmonia-Orchestra articles
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NewsPhilharmonia to return to live music-making at the Southbank Centre in June
The concerts, on 4 and10 June, will also be the last in Esa-Pekka Salonen’s tenure as the orchestra’s Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor
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NewsSeveral music venues receive support from second round of UK Government’s Culture Recovery Fund
The London Symphony Orchestra and Wigmore Hall are among the recipients
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NewsLifeline grants from government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund announced
Wigmore Hall and the Philharmonia were among the classical music organisations receiving the biggest funds
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Review
Concert review: Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen
London’s Royal Festival Hall was Tim Homfray’s destination for the 26 September 2019 concert
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NewsPhilharmonia appoints joint concertmaster
The Philharmonia Orchestra has appointed Benjamin Marquise Gilmore as one of its two concertmasters
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DebateVirtual reality: tool for audience engagement or passing fad?
Orchestras across the globe have been experimenting with enhancing the audience’s musical experience. What are the potential applications for VR technology, asks Peter Somerford
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NewsPhilharmonia Orchestra concertmaster awarded Saxony-Anhalt State Prize
Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay honoured in his home state for his role as cultural ambassador after ten years leading the London orchestra
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ReviewZuill Bailey: Haydn Cello Concertos
Overall these readings of Haydn’s Cello Concertos miss much charm and eloquence
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FocusAnshel Brusilow, violinist and conductor, 1928-2018 – an interview
A brief but illustrious career as a concertmaster in the 1950s and 60s at the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell and the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy gave way to his true calling as a conductor and later educator. In this interview from 2012 he talks to Julian Haylock about ...
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ReviewBritten: Violin Concerto. Delius: Violin Concerto. Milford: The Darkling Thrush
The Strad Issue: November 2015Description: Graffin takes on two British concertos and the premiere of a rare birdMusicians: Philippe Graffin (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones Philharmonia Orchestra/Nicholas CollonComposer: Britten, Delius, MilfordDelius’s and Britten’s violin concertos require quite different resources from their soloists, which may be why ...
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ArticleShostakovich: Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor op.99, Violin Sonata op.134, plus DVD documentary A People’s Music
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Ruth Palmer (violin) Alexei Grynyuk (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Benjamin Wallfisch (conductor)Composer: ShostakovichThe Shostakovich centenary has inspired a flood of new recordings of the A minor Concerto, although none quite compares with the truly astonishing account by the young Latvian violinist Baiba Skride, ...