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Zürich

15 Jan 2024

Sibelius sperrig und eingängig: das BBC Symphony Orchestra in Zürich

Von Thomas Schacher

Vulkane, Geburt und Sonnenfinsternis: eine Reise um die Welt mit Sakari Oramo und dem RSPO

Von Michael Klier, 18 März 2021

In ihrem neuen Werk schöpft die finnische Komponistin Outi Tarkiainen die klanglichen Möglichkeiten des klassischen Orchester perfekt aus.

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Stockholm

18 Mär 2021

Vulkane und Sonnenfinsternis: eine Reise um die Welt mit Sakari Oramo

Von Michael Klier

Magnus Lindberg und Anu Komsi beschenken das BBC Symphony Orchestra reichlich

Von Michael Klier, 06 November 2020

Das britische Orchester beweist, wie uns zeitgenössische Kompositionen vor allem in Verbindung mit zum Nachdenken anregenden Texten inspirieren können.

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London

06 Nov 2020

Magnus Lindberg und Anu Komsi beschenken das BBC SO reichlich

Von Michael Klier

Würzburg

Sakari Oramo und das Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra elektrisieren beim Mozartfest Würzburg

Von David Renke, 09 Juni 2019

Das Ostrobothian Chamber Orchester zeigt unter Oramo eine musikalische Kraft und Begeisterungsfähigkeit, die nicht viele Dirigenten aus einem Klangkörper holen können.

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Würzburg

09 Jun 2019

Sakari Oramo elektrisiert beim Mozartfest Würzburg

Von David Renke

Zürich

Vielfalt, anrührende Herzenswärme und neutraler Feinschliff: Vilde Frang mit dem BBCSO

Von Rolf Kyburz, 24 März 2018

Sakari Oramo und das BBCSO boten mit Vilde Frang als Solistin eine breite Palette an Werken, von Beethoven über Britten, hin zu Anna Clynes.

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Zürich

24 Mär 2018

Anrührende Herzenswärme: Vilde Frang in Zürich

Von Rolf Kyburz

Hamburg

Große Gefühlswogen: das NDR Elbphilharmonieorchester betört mit Elgars Erster

Von Stefan Pillhofer, 16 Juni 2016

Eine besondere und interessante Werkauswahl erwartete mich an diesem Abend in der Laeiszhalle. Mit der 1. Symphonie von Edward Elgar die das NDR Elbphilharmonieorchester unter der Leitung des finnischen Dirigenten Sakari Oramo spielte. Für das Violinkonzert von Benjamin Britten kam die junge norwegische Geigerin Vilde Frang als Solistin hinzu.

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Hamburg

16 Jun 2016

NDR Elbphilharmonieorchester betört mit Elgar

Von Stefan Pillhofer

Göteborg

Königliches Gastspiel im Konzerthaus Göteborg: die Stockholmer Philharmoniker unter Sakari Oramo

Von Katharina Hogrefe, 14 November 2015

Unter dem Taktstock von Sakari Oramo gab die Königliche Philharmonie aus Stockholm ihr jährliches Gastspiel in Göteborg. Neben einem Stück von Anders Hillborg wurde mit der Fünften Symphonie von Sergej Prokofjew und Sibelius' Violinkonzert groß aufgespielt.

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Göteborg

14 Nov 2015

Königliches Gastspiel

Von Katharina Hogrefe

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Fine Lindberg and Stravinsky double bill from the BBC Symphony

Von Roy Westbrook, 06 Februar 2026

After a performance of Magnus Lindberg’s First Violin Concerto by Lisa Batiashvili at the Barbican, Stravinsky’s Perséphone stands the test of time.

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London

06 Feb 2026

Fine Lindberg and Stravinsky double bill from the BBC Symphony

Von Roy Westbrook

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Prague

A spirited revival of the Velvet Revolution from Oramo and the Czech Philharmonic

Von Frank Kuznik, 16 November 2025

Conducted by Sakari Oramo, the Czech Philharmonic turn in a brilliant performance of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony that lights all the old revolutionary fires.

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Prague

16 Nov 2025

Spirited Velvet Revolution concert from Oramo and the Czech Phil

Von Frank Kuznik

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Choose life: Oramo's Mahler 9 leaves death for the last page

Von Peter Quantrill, 04 Oktober 2025

The BBC Symphony Orchestra opens its season at the Barbican on top form in Mahler's last completed symphony.

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London

04 Okt 2025

Choose life: Oramo's Mahler 9 leaves death for the last page

Von Peter Quantrill

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The First Night of the BBC Proms: celebration and redemption

Von Peter Quantrill, 18 Juli 2025

The BBC's annual classical jamboree is launched in fine style with a premiere and a timely revival, conducted by Sakari Oramo.

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London

18 Jul 2025

The First Night of the BBC Proms: celebration and redemption

Von Peter Quantrill

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Virtuosic Malcolm Arnold from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick, 11 April 2025

Sakari Oramo continues to champion rare English repertoire, conducting Doreen Carwithen and Malcolm Arnold at the Barbican.

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London

11 Apr 2025

Virtuosic Malcolm Arnold from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick

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An evening of poignant elegy from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO

Von Susannah Moody, 24 Januar 2025

Oramo leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra and trumpeter Verneri Pohjola in a moving tribute to Kaija Saariaho with the UK premiere of her concerto HUSH.

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London

24 Jan 2025

An evening of poignant elegy from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO

Von Susannah Moody

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Sakari Oramo and spellbinding soloists in a memorable Dream of Gerontius

Von Mark Valencia, 13 Dezember 2024

A solo trio of David Butt Philip, Dame Sarah Connolly and Roderick Williams draw on extensive stage experience to inhabit their roles in a naturally assured, vividly communicative fashion.

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London

13 Dez 2024

A memorable Dream of Gerontius from the BBCSO and Sakari Oramo

Von Mark Valencia

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Magical potency from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO in late Romantic music

Von Chris Garlick, 08 November 2024

Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO are in their element in rich repertoire including Szymanowski, Pejačević, Wagner and Strauss.

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London

08 Nov 2024

Magical potency from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick

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Hope dies last: Sakari Oramo's triumphantly tragic Mahler 6 hits home

Von Peter Quantrill, 26 September 2024

Fresh insights, bold choices and searing momentum from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in their Barbican season opener.

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London

26 Sep 2024

Hope dies last: Oramo's triumphantly tragic Mahler 6 hits home

Von Peter Quantrill

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Reaching the summit: Oramo scales the Alpine Symphony with the BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick, 09 August 2024

The BBC Symphony Orchestra shines in Strauss, in particular the characterful woodwind solos and the fulsomely resplendent brass.

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London

09 Aug 2024

Reaching the summit: Oramo scales the Alpine Symphony with the BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick

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Sea Pictures: Oramo and the BBCSO in contrasting, yet linked, British works

Von Roy Westbrook, 24 Mai 2024

When is a work actually finished ? Only when composer, publisher, editors and performers agree that it is... Sakari Oramo conducts the London premiere of Knussen's Cleveland Pictures.

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London

24 Mai 2024

Sea Pictures: Oramo and the BBCSO in contrasting British works

Von Roy Westbrook

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Rites of consolation: Finnish and German requiems in illuminating combination

Von Peter Quantrill, 08 März 2024

Anu Komsi stars in Brahms at the Barbican; Sakari Oramo revives memorial tributes by Rautavaara and Sallinen.

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London

08 Mär 2024

Finnish and German requiems in illuminating combination

Von Peter Quantrill

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Musical passports issued by Oramo, Frang and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Von Alexander Hall, 20 Januar 2024

Each of the three pieces by Andrew Norman, Stravinsky and Sibelius had an unlocking principle at its heart. Sakari Oramo, his soloist Vilde Frang and his BBC players proved powerful advocates.

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London

20 Jan 2024

Musical passports issued by Oramo, Frang and the BBCSO

Von Alexander Hall

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A breath of Scandinavian fresh air from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick, 08 Dezember 2023

Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO were at the top of their game, bringing a bracing breath of Scandi fresh air and clear light, on a dark December eveneing.

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London

08 Dez 2023

A breath of Scandinavian fresh air from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick

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Paris

Le bel hommage de Sakari Oramo et du Philhar’ à Kaija Saariaho

Von Erwan Gentric, 10 November 2023

Avec clarté et sensibilité, l'Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France et Sakari Oramo ont livré un beau programme dont le sommet est resté les pièces de la compositrice finlandaise avec Anu Komsi.

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Paris

10 Nov 2023

Le bel hommage de Sakari Oramo et du Philhar’ à Kaija Saariaho

Von Erwan Gentric

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Prague

Boisterous Brahms at Dvořák’s Prague

Von Frank Kuznik, 14 September 2023

Sakari Oramo leads the Czech Philharmonic in a powerful German Requiem with vocal support from the Prague Philharmonic Choir, Anu Komsi and Christian Senn.

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Prague

14 Sep 2023

Boisterous Brahms at Dvořák’s Prague

Von Frank Kuznik

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Urgency and splendour: Mahler 3 at the Proms

Von Rohan Shotton, 19 August 2023

Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in an electrifying account at the BBC Proms.

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London

19 Aug 2023

Urgency and splendour: Mahler 3 at the Proms

Von Rohan Shotton

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Prom 35: Oramo, Josefowicz and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Mahler and Berg

Von Mark Valencia, 10 August 2023

The BBCSO's Chief Conductor steps in to lead a resplendent Mahler 7; Leila Josefowicz is the soloist for a transcendent Berg Violin Concerto.

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London

10 Aug 2023

Prom 35: Oramo, Josefowicz and the BBCSO in Mahler and Berg

Von Mark Valencia

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Total Immersion: the Barbican honours Kaija Saariaho with an intensive day

Von Mark Valencia, 07 Mai 2023

The Barbican and BBC welcome the Finn to the exclusive pantheon of the order of “Total Immersion” – a full day devoted to the music of a single living composer.

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London

07 Mai 2023

The Barbican honours Kaija Saariaho with an intensive day

Von Mark Valencia

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Polish, but unpolished: uneven Bacewicz and Szymanowski from the BBCSO

Von Dominic Lowe, 10 Februar 2023

Sakari Oramo presents a pair of Polish symphonies by Bacewicz and Szymanowski, interrupted by Mozart's Sinfonia concertante, but the evening struggles to take off.

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London

10 Feb 2023

Polish, but unpolished: uneven Bacewicz and Szymanowski from the BBCSO

Von Dominic Lowe

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Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra mix the unfamiliar with the familiar

Von Alexander Hall, 03 Februar 2023

Take lesser-known pieces by Bacewicz, Mozart and Elgar, and finally one of Dvořák’s most lyrical symphonies: these were the dishes served up by Sakari Oramo, Julie Price and the BBCSO.

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London

03 Feb 2023

Oramo and the BBC SO mix the unfamiliar with the familiar

Von Alexander Hall

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Icy blast: Oramo’s Total Immersion into the world of Sibelius, the storyteller

Von Mark Pullinger, 09 Oktober 2022

Sakari Oramo, Anu Komsi and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson take a deep dive into the world of Sibelius' tone poems in two concerts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

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London

09 Okt 2022

Icy blast: total immersion into the world of Sibelius, the storyteller

Von Mark Pullinger

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English music across the generations from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick, 15 August 2022

A trio of English works, including the UK premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's virtuosic Time Flies.

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London

15 Aug 2022

English music across the generations from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick

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Back with a bang: Verdi's Requiem opens the BBC Proms season in grand style

Von Mark Pullinger, 15 Juli 2022

A huge hall, a huge orchestra and a huge chorus letting rip with a monster of the choral repertoire… We've missed this.

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London

15 Jul 2022

Back with a bang: Verdi's Requiem opens the BBC Proms season

Von Mark Pullinger

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Scaling the summit: Sakari Oramo conducts Langgaard's Pastoral of the Rocks

Von Mark Pullinger, 08 April 2022

A rare chance to hear the first of the Danish maverick's 16 symphonies, plus Nicola Benedetti shines in Korngold's luscious Violin Concerto.

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London

08 Apr 2022

Scaling the summit: Sakari Oramo conducts Langaard

Von Mark Pullinger

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Give me brutal, give me beautiful: BBCSO and Oramo mark the Barbican's 40th anniversary

Von Alexander Hall, 04 März 2022

In this unusual combination of works, a complex motet by Judith Weir emphasised brutalism, while a complete ballet score by Ravel sets Apollo against Dionysus. A young Finnish soloist joined her compatriot Oramo for an English Romantic concerto.

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London

04 Mär 2022

BBCSO and Oramo mark the Barbican's 40th anniversary

Von Alexander Hall

Familiar messages, rituals and sounds: pre-Christmas delights from the BBC SO

Von Alexander Hall, 03 Dezember 2021

With Advent in full swing, and as 2021 draws to a close, it is comforting to be reminded of seasonal rituals expressed through the power of music: Sibelius, Finzi and Britten with BBC SO forces under Oramo.

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London

03 Dez 2021

Pre-Christmas delights from the BBC SO

Von Alexander Hall

Malcolm Arnold's Fifth Symphony resurrected by Sakari Oramo and BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick, 27 August 2021

An all-British composer line-up at the Proms also included Walton's Viola Concerto, John Foulds and Charlotte Bray.

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London

27 Aug 2021

Malcolm Arnold's Fifth Symphony resurrected by Sakari Oramo and BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick

Berlin

Sakari Oramo navigates from the familiar to the novel with the Berlin Philharmonic

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 05 Juni 2021

Sakari Oramo jumps in for a Berlin Phil programme which includes Unsuk Chin's Piano Concerto.

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Berlin

05 Jun 2021

Sakari Oramo navigates from the familiar to the novel in Berlin

Von Edward Sava-Segal

Grande Finale 4: Sakari Oramo and the RSPO conclude a majestic Sibelius cycle

Von Roy Westbrook, 29 Mai 2021

In between the two symphonies, there was an extra Sibelius item, and this time it was a novelty.

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Stockholm

29 Mai 2021

Grande Finale 4: Oramo and the RSPO conclude a majestic Sibelius cycle

Von Roy Westbrook

Grande Finale 3: Favourite Sibelius from Oramo

Von Roy Westbrook, 26 Mai 2021

Oramo's structural insight ensures ideal tempo relations between sections, so crucial in Sibelius.

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Stockholm

26 Mai 2021

Grande Finale 3: Favourite Sibelius from Oramo

Von Roy Westbrook

Grande Finale 2: Sibelius and Oramo in Stockholm

Von Roy Westbrook, 22 Mai 2021

In this second of Oramo's farewell concerts, the RSPO play Sibelius' Third and Fourth Symphonies; Anu Komsi sings a compelling Luonnotar.

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Stockholm

22 Mai 2021

Grande Finale 2: Sibelius and Oramo in Stockholm

Von Roy Westbrook

Curtain up on a Grand Finale: Sibelius and Oramo in Stockholm

Von Roy Westbrook, 19 Mai 2021

The finale’s thrilling ardour was not diminished in the empty hall, as we approached the triumphant ending that Sibelius, despite being armed with bass drum, cymbal and triangle, omitted to write.

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Stockholm

19 Mai 2021

Curtain up on a Grand Finale: Sibelius and Oramo in Stockholm

Von Roy Westbrook

Bertrand Chamayou and Sakari Oramo deliver standout Ravel in Stockholm

Von Phillip Nones, 25 März 2021

Four Ravel masterpieces shine anew in fresh, vibrant interpretations by Bertrand Chamayou, Sakari Oramo and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic.

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Stockholm

25 Mär 2021

Bertrand Chamayou and Sakari Oramo deliver standout Ravel in Stockholm

Von Phillip Nones

Alwyn's Miss Julie rescued from the operatic desert

Von Mark Pullinger, 03 Oktober 2019

William Alwyn's operatic take on Strindberg is rarely performed – a complete mystery considering this excellent concert staging at the Barbican by the BBCSO under Sakari Oramo.

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London

03 Okt 2019

Alwyn's Miss Julie rescued from the operatic desert

Von Mark Pullinger

Prom 67: premieres and sublime Sibelius from Oramo and the BBCSO

Von Roy Westbrook, 08 September 2019

Who would have thought celebrating a Black Mass could be quite such fun?

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London

08 Sep 2019

Prom 67: premieres and sublime Sibelius from Oramo and the BBCSO

Von Roy Westbrook

Prom 43: The very new and the once new as Oramo and the BBC SO redefine tradition

Von Alexander Hall, 19 August 2019

What to put with Beethoven's greatest statement on the universality of the human spirit? The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sakari Oramo, Neil Ferris and Andreas Haefliger make a case for renewal.

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London

19 Aug 2019

Prom 43: Oramo and the BBC SO redefine tradition

Von Alexander Hall

Prom 13: Star-struck Messiaen from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick, 28 Juli 2019

Olivier Messiaen deeply personal voice and its influence echoed far and wide across the decades and across national boundaries.

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London

28 Jul 2019

Prom 13: Star-struck Messiaen from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick

Larcher and Mahler create worlds for the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Oramo

Von Roy Westbrook, 24 Mai 2019

Oramo gave a generally convincing account of Mahler's seventh, if at times one with a sense of taming a beast.

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London

24 Mai 2019

Larcher and Mahler create worlds for the BBCSO and Oramo

Von Roy Westbrook

Clear-eyed and unsentimental Elgar and Dvořák from Oramo, Benedetti and the BBC Symphony

Von Alexander Hall, 26 April 2019

The concerto was by Elgar, the symphony by Dvořák: the BBC Symphony Orchestra with Sakari Oramo and Nicola Benedetti make powerful and compelling statements.

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London

26 Apr 2019

Fine Elgar and Dvořák from Oramo, Benedetti and the BBC Symphony

Von Alexander Hall

Geneva

Mozart royal, Mahler sans âme : Martin Fröst et Sakari Oramo à Genève

Von Thomas Muller, 21 März 2019

Sous la direction de Sakari Oramo, l'Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Stockholm propose une Symphonie n° 1 de Mahler bien morne. Compensée heureusement par la clarinette stratosphérique de Martin Fröst dans Mozart.

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Geneva

21 Mär 2019

Mozart royal, Mahler sans âme : Martin Fröst et Sakari Oramo à Genève

Von Thomas Muller

Zürich

Believing in the music: Martin Fröst and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic

Von Sarah Batschelet, 20 März 2019

Works by Rolf Liebermann, Mozart and Mahler recently brought down the house at Zurich’s Tonhalle Maag, in no small part because of Martin Fröst’s illuminating performance.

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Zürich

20 Mär 2019

Believing in the music: Martin Fröst and the RSPO

Von Sarah Batschelet

Precision and transparency from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO in Ligeti

Von Chris Garlick, 02 März 2019

This final concert of the BBCSO’s Total Immersion day dedicated to György Ligeti, proved to be something a revelation, both in terms of the variety of the music and the quality of the performances.

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