I don't think I've been to any truly outstanding performances this year, although others have thought they were. I've become too critical, I suspect! Perhaps the one that stands out most is Petrenko's take on Britten's Cello Symphony and Shostakovich 14 in Liverpool, because I've never heard either of them live before, and I thought it was very clever programming.
On the radio the whole Britten weekend, much of which was live, was an absolute joy for me. The performance that moved me most, as opposed to being the best in any usual sense, was Noye's Fludde from Lowestoft.
On the radio the whole Britten weekend, much of which was live, was an absolute joy for me. The performance that moved me most, as opposed to being the best in any usual sense, was Noye's Fludde from Lowestoft.
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