{"product_id":"pomp-and-circumstance-richard-laing-marvels-at-a-concert-performance-both-ravishing-and-relevant","title":"Pomp and Circumstance: Richard Laing marvels at a concert performance both ravishing and relevant","description":"\u003cp\u003eReview of \u003cem\u003eDas Rheingold\u003c\/em\u003e (concert perf.), conducted Kirill Petrenko, Berlin, 2026.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thewagnerjournal.co.uk\/products\/the-wagner-journal-july-2026-volume-20-number-2?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard\u0026amp;utm_medium=product-links\u0026amp;utm_content=web\"\u003eJuly 2026, Volume 20, Number 2\u003c\/a\u003e, 78–80.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘It’s no longer a Gesamtkunstwerk’, explains Kirill Petrenko in his interview with Berlin Philharmonic violinist Eva-Maria Tomasi. Certainly, in a concert performance most of the action must take place in the mind of the audience. But there is much to be gained, as the conductor explains: ‘The text – the “poetic intent” as the Master called it – is translated into emotions by the music. The music explains what the singers express with their words, or what they conceal. The music communicates this directly to the listeners’ senses. In a concert performance you can achieve this in some respects much more succinctly than you can in a pit.’\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Wagner Journal","offers":[{"title":"Individual","offer_id":54364579823958,"sku":null,"price":2.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Institution","offer_id":54364579856726,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/thewagnerjournal.co.uk\/products\/pomp-and-circumstance-richard-laing-marvels-at-a-concert-performance-both-ravishing-and-relevant","provider":"The Wagner Journal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}