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Lucid dreaming and poetic elegies: Total Immersion with Boulez at the Barbican

Von Peter Quantrill, 30 März 2025

A BBC day of talks and concerts yields delight and revelation in equal measure.

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London

02 Apr 2025

Total Immersion with Boulez at the Barbican

Von Peter Quantrill

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Nash Inventions: a sonic feast for six decades at Wigmore Hall

Von Christopher Woodley, 18 März 2025

Martyn Brabbins and Claire Booth are among the Nash Ensemble's regular collaborators celebrating the group’s 60th Anniversary, marked by four world premieres.

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London

20 Mär 2025

Nash Inventions: a sonic feast for six decades

Von Christopher Woodley

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From Wales to Scotland, The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time

Von Mark Valencia, 15 Februar 2025

Orla Boylan’s creation oozes charisma and reeks of entitlement, driven to emotional cruelty by the lassitude of a life too-long lived.

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Glasgow

17 Feb 2025

The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time

Von Mark Valencia

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Farewell, Sir Andrew: the Proms pays tribute in fitting style

Von Peter Quantrill, 30 August 2024

Lovingly detailed accounts of music dear to the heart of the late master of ceremonies at the Proms.

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London

04 Sep 2024

Farewell, Sir Andrew: the Proms pays tribute in fitting style

Von Peter Quantrill

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Memorable Proms performances from Martyn Brabbins and the BBCSO

Von David Truslove, 13 August 2024

Much loved core repertoire is juxtaposed with seldom heard works by anniversary composers Holst and Stanford.

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London

15 Aug 2024

Memorable Proms performances from Martyn Brabbins and the BBCSO

Von David Truslove

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Peter Grimes a raging, powerful, defiant start to the new ENO season

Von Stephen Pritchard, 21 September 2023

English National Opera opens its new season with a revival of David Alden's masterly production.

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London

22 Sep 2023

Peter Grimes a raging, powerful, defiant start to the new ENO season

Von Stephen Pritchard

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Liverpool

A superb Child of Our Time in Liverpool

Von Peter Connors, 24 Juni 2023

Soloists, choir and orchestra combine under Martyn Brabbins to create a powerful performance of Tippett's secular oratorio.

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Liverpool

25 Jun 2023

A superb Child of Our Time in Liverpool

Von Peter Connors

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BBC Scottish and RCS in fruitful partnership in epic Shostakovich 11

Von David Smythe, 17 Juni 2023

Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony, in partnership with musicians from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, present a new work from Mingdu Li, Glière’s Horn concerto and an immense Shostakovich 11.

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Glasgow

19 Jun 2023

BBC Scottish and RCS in fruitful partnership in epic Shostakovich 11

Von David Smythe

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Beowulf and Job: dramatic storytelling from Brabbins and the BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick, 17 März 2023

Iain Bell's Beowulf is given its world premiere, with Charles Styles making an eleventh-hour jump-in, while a neglected Vaughan Williams masterpiece is given a superb reading by Martyn Brabbins.

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London

19 Mär 2023

Beowulf and Job: dramatic storytelling from Brabbins and the BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick

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London Sinfonietta's Birtwistle tribute sings the praises of a modernist giant

Von Christopher Woodley, 05 März 2023

The London Sinfonietta and Martyn Brabbins pay tribute to Sir Harrison Birtwistle with a programme of very fine music-making at London's Southbank Centre.

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London

06 Mär 2023

Birtwistle tribute: singing the praises of a modernist giant

Von Christopher Woodley

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Lucid in music and narrative: ENO and Richard Jones’ The Rhinegold

Von David Karlin, 18 Februar 2023

Martyn Brabbins conducts an excellent ENO orchestra and consistently good ensemble cast as Richard Jones delivers a wealth of narrative detail to introduce Wagner's Ring.

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London

19 Feb 2023

Lucid in music and narrative: ENO's Rhinegold

Von David Karlin

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The second Elizabethan age receives a noble tribute from the first in ENO's Gloriana

Von Roy Westbrook, 08 Dezember 2022

When done as well as this, a "concert staging" is not oxymoronic, but a precise term for a valuable mode of presentation.

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London

09 Dez 2022

Second Elizabethan age receives a noble tribute in ENO's Gloriana

Von Roy Westbrook

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Vivid late autumn colours from Martyn Brabbins and the BBCSSO

Von David Smythe, 24 November 2022

The programme featured Sibelius's vividly terrifying Tapiola, alongside a gorgeous Four Last Songs with Elizabeth Llewellyn and Vaughan Williams's wistful Fifth Symphony.

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Glasgow

25 Nov 2022

Vivid late autumn colours from Martyn Brabbins and the BBCSSO

Von David Smythe

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Everyday miracle from Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Von Roy Westbrook, 31 Juli 2022

How various the orchestral sounds of this era - here were four in one programme, written between 1913 and 2000, by an Englishman, a Frenchman, a Greek and a Russian.

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London

01 Aug 2022

Everyday miracle from Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Von Roy Westbrook

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Birmingham

Dancing on the grave: Brabbins conducts Stanford’s unshakeably happy Requiem in Birmingham

Von Simon Cummings, 02 Juli 2022

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and University of Birmingham Singers revel in the ecstasy, majesty and glory of Stanford’s Requiem.

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Birmingham

03 Jul 2022

Dancing on the grave: Brabbins conducts Stanford’s Requiem

Von Simon Cummings

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Martyn Brabbins celebrates 30 years with BBC Scottish SO

Von David Smythe, 11 Juni 2022

Martyn Brabbins celebrates with a world premiere from Errollyn Wallen, Evelyn Glennie revisiting iconic MacMillan and a broad, noble Elgar First Symphony.

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Glasgow

13 Jun 2022

Martyn Brabbins celebrates 30 years with BBC Scottish SO

Von David Smythe

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Vaughan Williams' Scott of the Antarctic brought in from the cold

Von Chris Garlick, 11 März 2022

The luxury of hearing the full glory of RVW's Scott of the Antarctic orchestral score, but still very much within the creative framework of the film, was a truly memorable experience.

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London

13 Mär 2022

Scott of the Antarctic brought in from the cold

Von Chris Garlick

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A fine tail: new Cunning Little Vixen at English National Opera

Von Dominic Lowe, 20 Februar 2022

ENO has a long and fine history in Janáček’s corpus, and Jamie Manton's new production, performed by a cast that revels in the clash between nature and mankind, has much in which to delight.

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London

22 Feb 2022

A fine tail: new Cunning Little Vixen at English National Opera

Von Dominic Lowe

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Richard Jones’ second London Ring falters at the first fence

Von Mark Pullinger, 19 November 2021

Breastplates are back in vogue, but comedy horses and cheap production values undermine the first chapter in English National Opera's new Ring cycle.

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London

20 Nov 2021

Richard Jones’ second London Ring falters at the first fence

Von Mark Pullinger

Too small for the hall: Pergolesi and Stravinsky from the BBC SSO at the Proms

Von David Karlin, 06 August 2021

Pergolesi is sung beautifully, Stravinsky performed with fun and verve, but the Royal Albert Hall is a big place for a chamber orchestra.

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London

07 Aug 2021

Too small for the hall: the BBC SSO at the Proms

Von David Karlin

Life in Vienna, Death in Venice: Brabbins, Osborne and the Philharmonia at the top of their game

Von Kevin Wells, 20 Mai 2021

Martyn Brabbins and the Philharmonia contrast Richard Strauss' Viennese festivities with Britten's elegiac Death in Venice

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London

21 Mai 2021

Brabbins, Osborne and the Philharmonia at the top of their game

Von Kevin Wells

Poole

Voices from the East: Brabbins steers the BSO's voyage to Ukraine and Armenia

Von Mark Pullinger, 07 Oktober 2020

Rarities by Akimenko and Arutiunian on a musical menu designed by Kirill Karabits, but served in his absence by Martyn Brabbins.

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Poole

07 Okt 2020

Brabbins steers the BSO's voyage to Ukraine and Armenia

Von Mark Pullinger

Pulling the heart strings: Madam Butterfly returns to ENO

Von Dominic Lowe, 26 Februar 2020

Anthony Minghella's classic production of Madam Butterfly makes a welcome return with a sensational role debut by Natalya Romaniw as Cio-Cio-San.

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London

28 Feb 2020

Pulling the heart strings: Madam Butterfly returns to ENO

Von Dominic Lowe

Arcadia in Albion: Brabbins, Urioste and the BBC Symphony play Vaughan Williams

Von Roy Westbrook, 01 November 2019

Urioste’s marvellous playing wedded gleaming tone to sure technique in The Lark Ascending.

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London

02 Nov 2019

Arcadia in Albion: BBC Symphony plays Vaughan Williams

Von Roy Westbrook

Prom 35: Martyn Brabbins celebrates 60th birthday in style

Von Nick Boston, 13 August 2019

A fascinating new companion piece to Elgar's Enigma Variations, from 14 contemporary composers, in celebration of Martyn Brabbins' 60th birthday, performed with enthusiasm by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

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London

15 Aug 2019

Prom 35: Martyn Brabbins celebrates 60th birthday in style

Von Nick Boston

Gloucester

Opposites attract at the Three Choirs Festival

Von Simon Cummings, 01 August 2019

Effort and emotion collide at Gloucester Cathedral in music by Stravinsky, Berlioz and Walton

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Gloucester

02 Aug 2019

Opposites attract at the Three Choirs Festival

Von Simon Cummings

Basingstoke

Forging ahead: Kanneh-Mason, Brabbins and the Philharmonia celebrate the Anvil's 25th anniversary

Von Roy Westbrook, 03 Mai 2019

Kanneh-Mason's tone was luminous, his accuracy formidable, his commitment complete.

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Basingstoke

04 Mai 2019

Forging ahead: Philharmonia celebrates The Anvil's 25th anniversary

Von Roy Westbrook

Iain Bell's new opera for ENO, Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel

Von Mark Valencia, 30 März 2019

Daniel Kramer’s direction is a model of restraint compared to some of his earlier work for the company.

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London

31 Mär 2019

Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel

Von Mark Valencia

Fury, passion and loss from Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Von Chris Garlick, 30 November 2018

Fury, passion and loss from Martyn Brabbins and the BBCSO in an all-British programme.

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London

01 Dez 2018

Fury, passion and loss from Martyn Brabbins and the BBCSO

Von Chris Garlick

Inspiration eludes Kramer in Britten's War Requiem at English National Opera

Von Mark Valencia, 16 November 2018

The music’s explosions of volume have an open-throated magnificence.

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London

18 Nov 2018

Inspiration eludes Kramer in Britten's War Requiem at ENO

Von Mark Valencia

Russian pyrotechnics and robust Anglican religion contrast in BBC SO programme

Von John Johnston, 15 November 2018

Dame Ethel Smyth's Mass in D enjoys a rare outing with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins.

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London

16 Nov 2018

Russian pyrotechnics and robust Anglican religion

Von John Johnston

Flogging a dead horse: a new Salome at English National Opera

Von Dominic Lowe, 28 September 2018

ENO's new production of Salome which opens the season features some commendable music-making, but is let down by a flawed concept and dull staging.

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London

30 Sep 2018

Flogging a dead horse: a new Salome at English National Opera

Von Dominic Lowe

Edinburgh

Two contrasting seascapes make a pair of satisfying voyages at Edinburgh International Festival

Von Simon Thompson, 09 August 2018

Thea Musgrave’s pictorial writing sits well next to an exhilarating Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony.

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Edinburgh

10 Aug 2018

A pair of satisfying voyages at Edinburgh International Festival

Von Simon Thompson

Prom 17: Purity and passion from Martyn Brabbins and the BBC NOW

Von Chris Garlick, 27 Juli 2018

Even if Hubert Parry was overshadowed by Holst and Vaughan Williams, this was a splendid concert of British music.

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London

28 Jul 2018

Purity and passion in first class British music

Von Chris Garlick

Bruges

Un match à domicile en déplacement : Martyn Brabbins au Concertgebouw de Bruges

Von Jan-Jakob Delanoye, 03 Juni 2018

Retour sur le concert du BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra au Concertgebouw de Bruges.

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Bruges

29 Jun 2018

Un match à domicile en déplacement : Martyn Brabbins à Bruges

Von Jan-Jakob Delanoye

Lust and labyrinths: The Marriage of Figaro at English National Opera

Von Dominic Lowe, 29 März 2018

Fiona Shaw's production doesn't always get everything right, but Lucy Crowe's debut as the Countess is the defining success of the this revival.

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London

31 Mär 2018

Lust and labyrinths: The Marriage of Figaro at ENO

Von Dominic Lowe

Muhly's Marnie fails to find the drama of Winston Graham's novel

Von Dominic Lowe, 18 November 2017

A decent cast was unable to redeem a fundamentally dull opera that lacks the psycholgical complexity and tension of both the original Graham novel and its famous Hitchcock adaptation.

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London

20 Nov 2017

Muhly's Marnie fails to find the drama of the novel

Von Dominic Lowe

Aurally spectacular Vaughan Williams and Birtwistle at the Barbican

Von Chris Garlick, 13 Oktober 2017

Sparks flew as two British music giants, Vaughan Williams and Birtwistle, collided at the Barbican.

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London

16 Okt 2017

Spectacular Vaughan Williams and Birtwistle at the Barbican

Von Chris Garlick

Birtwistle curates: Ancient and modern juxtaposed at Milton Court

Von David Truslove, 23 September 2017

An intriguing programme marked by diversity and novelty from two world-beating ensembles.

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London

25 Sep 2017

Ancient and modern juxtaposed at Milton Court

Von David Truslove

Amsterdam

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra premieres Easter Passions

Von Jenny Camilleri, 07 April 2017

Two world premières commissioned by the RCO are polar opposites in terms of emotional temperature.

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Amsterdam

10 Apr 2017

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra premieres Easter Passions

Von Jenny Camilleri

Food for thought in Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s The Last Supper

Von David Smythe, 14 Januar 2017

An excellent performance of Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s The Last Supper receiving its Scottish première, with Roderick Williams and Susan Bickley heading a luxury cast.

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Glasgow

15 Jan 2017

Food for thought: Birtwistle’s The Last Supper

Von David Smythe

Cardiff

Joyful noise: Walton’s mighty Belshazzar’s Feast in Cardiff

Von Andrew Morris, 01 Dezember 2016

Three English composers receive fine performances from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

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Cardiff

03 Dez 2016

Joyful noise: Walton’s mighty Belshazzar’s Feast

Von Andrew Morris

Lyon

Solaire Iolanta, radieuse Perséphone à l'Opéra de Lyon

Von Camille Grimaud, 11 Mai 2016

Iolenta et Perséphone sublimées : vibrant hommage à la Lumière par l'Opéra de Lyon.

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Lyon

13 Mai 2016

Solaire Iolanta, radieuse Perséphone à l'Opéra de Lyon

Von Camille Grimaud

La Coruña

Rutilantes Håkan Hardenberger y Rumon Gamba en La Coruña

Von Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 06 Mai 2016

La Primera Sinfonía de William Walton encontró en la Sinfónica de Galicia y Rumon Gamba unos traductores de primerísima fila

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La Coruña

11 Mai 2016

Rutilantes Håkan Hardenberger y Rumon Gamba en La Coruña

Von Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

Amsterdam

We have lift-off: NASA and the Rotterdam Philharmonic present Holst's The Planets

Von David Pinedo, 30 August 2015

Martyn Brabbins and the Rotterdam Philharmonic took the audience on a journey through our solar system in The Planets: An HD Odyssey.

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Amsterdam

31 Aug 2015

We have lift-off: Holst's The Planets

Von David Pinedo

Port Isaac

Boris Godunov with a star British cast wows St Endellion

Von Tony Burke, 07 August 2015

If Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, then Boris Godunov is about five Russian dolls' worth.

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Port Isaac

09 Aug 2015

Boris Godunov with a star British cast wows St Endellion

Von Tony Burke

Cardiff

When the voice alone is not enough: BBC Cardiff Singer prize eludes favourite

Von Mark Pullinger, 21 Juni 2015

Cardiff Castle hosted an entertaining bout of medieval jousting yesterday afternoon, but in the evening all eyes and ears turned to the vocal jousting in St David’s Hall.

Cardiff

22 Jun 2015

BBC Cardiff Singer prize eludes favourite

Von Mark Pullinger

Cardiff

Star-gazing performances of Bowden and Holst as BBC NOW and Chorus perform a Mark Bowden première

Von Philip May, 18 April 2015

Grand Holst and the première of Mark Bowden's A Violence of Gifts, performed with bombastic gusto and colour.

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Cardiff

20 Apr 2015

Star-gazing performances of Bowden and Holst

Von Philip May

A concert of two halves: the RPO plays German Romantic classics

Von Jack Johnson, 11 November 2014

An original and dynamic performance of Brahms' Symphony no. 1 makes up for run-of-the-mill Wagner and Strauss.

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London

13 Nov 2014

A concert of two halves: the RPO plays German Romantic classics

Von Jack Johnson

Sonic inundation: John Tavener’s Flood of Beauty at the Barbican

Von David Fay, 28 September 2014

There was an inundation of the sound of John Tavener's Flood of Beauty at the Barbican on Sunday, with the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Martyn Brabbins.

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