Live, Video: Kritiken zu klassischen Konzerten, Opern, Ballett und Tanz finden | Symphony no. 2 “A London Symphony”

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s BBC Proms matinee proves an ideal opportunity to demonstrate their strengths in a programme of Respighi, Milhaud and Vaughan Williams. 

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

An evening of two halves, each demonstrating different facets of conductor, soloist and orchestra in performances of Brahms and Vaughan Williams.   

Vasily Petrenko continues to show a marked facility for Vaughan Williams with a terrific performance of A London Symphony, preceded by a most interesting Emperor Concerto with Boris Giltburg.

John Wilson navigates two of Ralph Vaughan Williams' symphonies at Bridgewater Hall, part of the RVW 150 celebrations.

A rare outing for Britten's Piano Concerto in the opening concert of the Britten Weekend in Suffolk.

Attempts at crowd-pleasing go awry in music by Vaughan Williams and Gary Carpenter, while John Foulds escapes unscathed.

An imaginative pairing of London symphonies find the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in good form. 

Marking his debut with the NDR Elbphilharmonieorchester, Andrew Manze nails his colours to the mast with Purcell and Vaughan Williams as well as accompanying Alban Gerhardt in Walton.

The Sydney Symphony in a finely chiselled account of Vaughan Williams' “A London Symphony”, but groped for balance in Ravel and Bax.

Jack Liebeck and the Hallé Orchestra under Karl-Heinz Steffens gave an impressive performance of Dvořák’s Violin Concerto at Leeds Town Hall. 

Nineteen year old Ross Gunning is so passionate about conducting, he has founded his own orchestra. The Glasgow Philharmonia tackled an ambitious programme of Bernstein, Shostakovich and Vaughan Williams.

Only at the Proms could you hear two stalwarts of the 20th-century English school alongside a new concerto by an Indian classical sitar player. To be fair the work, by Holst was entitled Indra and has its roots in the composers study of Indian Sanskrit, which led to a number of works based on Hindu myths – culminating in his beautiful opera Savitri.

Manchester’s musical history is extensive and impressive. Ranging from the founding of the UK’s oldest professional symphony orchestra (the Hallé – founded in tandem with the UK’s oldest and largest specialist music shop, Forsyth Bros. Ltd.