Philharmonia/Honeck/Ax review – principal conductor designate gives a scorching taste of things to come
Royal Festival Hall, LondonWith this programme of Strauss (Johann II and Richard) and Mozart – and Emanuel Ax the deft and lucid soloist – Manfred Honeck, who joins as principal conductor in 2028, gave an exciting statement of intent‘I am a man of tradition,” Manfred Honeck, the Philharmonia’s new principal conductor designate, declared earlier this week in rehearsals. But for…
Royal Festival Hall, LondonWith this programme of Strauss (Johann II and Richard) and Mozart – and Emanuel Ax the deft and lucid soloist – Manfred Honeck, who joins as principal conductor in 2028, gave an exciting statement of intent‘I am a man of tradition,” Manfred Honeck, the Philharmonia’s new principal conductor designate, declared earlier this week in rehearsals. But for…
