Prom 25: The Aurora Orchestra do Zappa, Nancarrow and Glass

Von Paul Kilbey, 05 August 2013

Laden, bitte warten...

Veranstaltung anzeigen

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Albert Hall, London, am 31 Juli 2013

Nancarrow, Player Piano Study no. 7 (arr. YE Mikhashoff)

Zappa, G-Spot Tornado

Glass, Symphony no. 10 (UK première)

Zappa, The Adventures of Greggery Peccary

Aurora Orchestra

Nicholas Collon, Musikalische Leitung

Christopher Purves, Bass

Mitch Benn, Erzähler*in

Ein Land geht, die Musik bleibt: Brexit-Konzert in Brüssel

Jens Klier, 29th March

Altstaedt, Bostridge und das Aurora Orchestra nehmen den Brexit zum Anlass für ein nachdenkliches, starkes Konzert-Statement.

****1

Grotesk-Gruber und Klassiker vom Aurora Orchestra in Köln

Jens Klier, 9th September

Die Musiker beeindrucken wieder einmal mit ihrer Lebendigkeit und Interaktion, auch wenn ihre Frankenstein-Version ein wenig zu sehr in Klamauk ausartet.

****1

Pastorale in Köln: Nicholas Collon und das Aurora Orchestra

Jens Klier, 1st October

Collon und das Aurora Orchestra lieferten ein farbenreiches Programm mit Sinn und Elan, das wunschgemäß glücklich machte.

*****

Echoes of Youth from the Aurora principals at Kings Place

Mark Valencia, 19th March

Billed under the heading ‘Echoes of Youth’, this Kings Place programme is an attractive ragbag of unlikely bedfellows.

****1

Brett Dean and Lotte Betts-Dean unlock musical memories at Kings Place

Eleanor Knight, 17th January

Father and daughter team of Brett Dean and Lotte Betts-Dean join forces for the opening concert of Kings Place’s ‘Memory Unwrapped’ season.

****1

Aurora dazzle in Edinburgh International Festival debut

Simon Thompson, 18th August

Aurora Orchestra turn Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony inside out to exhilarating effect in a dazzling performance in their Scottish debut. Abel Selaocoe’s Four Spirits, on the other hand, has surface shine but not much substance.

****1

Weitere Kritiken...

Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.