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GlasgowOpening Night: Beethoven's Violin Concerto
Beethoven, Zemlinsky
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Ryan Wigglesworth; Bomsori Kim; Miah Persson; James Atkinson
GlasgowAfternoon Performance: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.5
Lyadov, Mussorgsky, Tschaikowsky
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Ryan Wigglesworth; Sophie Bevan
EdinburghTchaikovsky's Symphony No.5 in Edinburgh
Lyadov, Mussorgsky, Tschaikowsky
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Ryan Wigglesworth; Sophie Bevan
GlasgowBrahms' Symphony No.2
Schumann, Kaner, Brahms
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Ryan Wigglesworth; Benjamin Baker
HuddersfieldBrahms' Third Symphony
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Berlioz, Brahms
Orchestra of Opera North; Ryan Wigglesworth; Sophie Bevan
GlasgowAfternoon Performance: Britten's Les Illuminations
Eaglesfield, Britten, Strauss R.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Ryan Wigglesworth; Erika Baikoff
Neue Kritikenmehr...
Modernism and Romanticism from Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish
Stylistic juxtapositions from within a single year shape an intelligently conceived programme at the BBC Proms, marked by polished accounts.
Mrs Icarus has the last laugh in Brett Dean’s compelling song cycle
New songs and an old symphony revive happy memories under Ryan Wigglesworth at the BBC Proms.
Aldeburgh Festival dives in at the deep end with Pelléas et Mélisande
Rory Kinnear directs a minimally semi-staged performance of Debussy's problematic opera at Snape Maltings, but Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish SO provide the detail.
Revelatory Birtwistle and Beethoven from the BBC Scottish SO
A composer-conductor's insight yields lasting rewards in Earth Dances and the Eroica at the Royal Albert Hall.
Scintillating Bruckner from Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish
Ryan Wigglesworth conducts a premiere of his own work before steering the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra through a dextrous and fascinating performance of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony.
Alice Coote owns Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder at the BBC Proms
Alice Coote imbues every word of Mahler’s deeply affecting song-cycle with expressive intensity. Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra struggle to match that achievement in Brahms and Schoenberg.