Live Eventsmehr...
LondonElgar’s First
Weir, Dean, Elgar
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Ryan Wigglesworth; Claire Booth; BBC Singers
LondonRachaminov, Bartók and Varèse
Varèse, Bartók, Rachmaninow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Ryan Wigglesworth; Matthew Higham
LondonStrauss’s ‘Four Last Songs’
Henze, Schubert, Mahler, Strauss R.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Ryan Wigglesworth; Natalya Romaniw
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
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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.
BBC SSO triumphs in Bruckner and Unsuk Chin
At last, Bruckner conducting is no longer a specialism confined to a few Austro-German artists devoted to overcoming resistance to the composer’s greatness.
Rejoicing spirits: a compelling new Magnificat by Ryan Wigglesworth
A concert journey from Ariadne's despair to Schumann's elation, and a compelling demonstration of Wigglesworth's gifts as both composer and conductor.