Vasily Petrenko joined saxophonist and presenter Jess Gillam on BBC Radio 3’s This Classical Life. On 30 May, he joins Jess to share some of his favourite music, giving a conductor’s insight into the big works of Shostakovich and Beethoven, and revealing more eclectic tastes with tracks by Björk and Pink Floyd. Jess, meanwhile, plays Vasily some Vivaldi and Duke Ellington, and music for saxophone and orchestra by the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho.
Review: Vasily Petrenko and the RPO performs Mahler 6 at the Royal Albert Hall
Thanks to The Times for its review of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony, which Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performed at the Royal Albert Hall. The Times review reported: “where Petrenko’s interpretation scored highly was his clarity, immediacy and...




