Prom 4: John Adams conducts the Orchestra of the RAM and The Juilliard School

Von Paul Kilbey, 17 Juli 2012

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Albert Hall, London, am 16 Juli 2012

Respighi, Feste romane (Römische Feste)

Ravel, Klavierkonzert in G-Dur

Adams, City Noir

Dame Imogen Cooper, Klavier

Juilliard Orchestra

Royal Academy Sinfonia

John Adams, Musikalische Leitung

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Stephen Pritchard, 18th March

Students triumph in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges.

****1

Royal Academy tackles The Threepenny Opera

David Karlin, 15th June

Brecht and Weill's tirade against Big Money is exceptionally well acted throughout; vocal and musical performances are more mixed.

***11

Flinty graves: a chilling Poppea

Dominic Lowe, 20th May

In Shoreditch, the Royal Academy of Music showed off some superb singing in a chilling exploration of tyranny and unrestrained power.

****1

A marriage of youth and experience

Matthew Rye, 30th October

A polished production of The Marriage of Figaro from some of the potential opera stars of the future.

****1

Zum Teufel mit der Melodie: John Adams in Amsterdam

Michael Klier, 7th March

John Adams dirigiert das Radio Filharmonisch Orkest in einem interessanten Programm, das jedoch nicht immer überzeugen kann.

***11

John Adams leads Americana, past and present, with LA Phil

Néstor Castiglione, 23rd January

Compelling as a composer and conductor, Adams restored Roy Harris' Third Symphony to the Los Angeles repertoire, alongside one of his most recent works.

*****

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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.