Philharmonia/Temirkanov/Lugansky review – first-rate playing

Royal Festival Hall, London
Conductor Temirkanov and pianist Lugansky gave striking interpretations of Brahms, Beethoven and Elgar, building towards a powerful, emotional finaleDuring last summer’s Proms, the pianist Nikolai Lugansky and conductor Yuri Temirkanov gave a performance of Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto with the St Petersburg Philharmonic which, for me, was close to definitive. Returning to London for a Sunday matinee with the Philharmonia Orchestra, they tackled Bra