LSO/Haitink review – a performance of natural authority

Barbican, London
Haitink is a master of Bruckner’s grand structures, in his hands the Seventh Symphony had searing vision and purpose; Murray Perahia, in the first half, gave a near pristine account of Mozart’s 24th Piano ConcertoBernard Haitink has enjoyed a long and fruitful association with the London Symphony Orchestra, and it was he who led the opening concert of the ensemble’s new season at the Barbican. There were just two works on the programme: Mozart’s Piano Con