Another Sunday evening, another trip to the Barbican to see a cracking concert.
Janie thinks that one of her generous Lebanese clients gave us the tickets to this concert and the one the week before, because she had been called away at short notice. Sounds plausible and also most fortuitous, as I might well have chosen both concerts myself.
Schubert’s Symphony No 8 in B Minor, “Unfinished” followed by Bruckner’s Symphony No 7 in E Major.
London Symphony Orchestra under Lorin Maazel.
This was a terrific concert.
The Schubert would have sounded a little like this – a live recording of Lorin Maazel conducting Sonorum Concentus:
The Bruckner would have sounded a bit like this – a live recording of Maazel with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra:
Thanks again to the lovely lady who kindly gave us her tickets.