UK premiere of Julia Wolfe’s unEarth impresses on scale, not substance

Julia Wolfe's unEarth performed by the BBCSO

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Martyn Brabbins

Von Susannah Moody, 26 Januar 2026

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“the orchestra reached a frenetic urgency reflective of the climate crisis”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Barbican Hall, London, am 23 Januar 2026

Wolfe, unEarth

Anne Kauffman, Regie

Lucy Mackinnon, Video

Ben Stanton, Licht

BBC Symphony Orchestra

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BBC Singers

National Youth Choir of Great Britain

Martyn Brabbins, Musikalische Leitung

Sibelius sperrig und eingängig: das BBC Symphony Orchestra in Zürich

Thomas Schacher, 15th January

Auf Einladung von Migros-Kulturprozent-Classics präsentierte das britische Top-Orchester unter seinem Chefdirigenten Sakari Oramo in drei Schweizer Städten sämtliche sieben Symphonien von Jean Sibelius.

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Magnus Lindberg und Anu Komsi beschenken das BBC SO reichlich

Michael Klier, 6th November

Das britische Orchester beweist, wie uns zeitgenössische Kompositionen vor allem in Verbindung mit zum Nachdenken anregenden Texten inspirieren können.

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Anrührende Herzenswärme: Vilde Frang in Zürich

Rolf Kyburz, 24th March

Sakari Oramo und das BBCSO boten mit Vilde Frang als Solistin eine breite Palette an Werken, von Beethoven über Britten, hin zu Anna Clynes.

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Blut wird fließen! Elektra bei den Proms

Charlotte Valori, 31st August

Wer braucht schon ein Bühnenbild? Eine glühende Elektra von Semyon Bychkov mit Solistin Christine Goerke erhellt die BBC Proms durch ihre schiere Energie.

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Sakari Oramo, Yeol Eum Son and the BBC Symphony in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 26th March

Yeol Eum Son’s Britten Piano Concerto formed the evening’s centre of gravity, played with lucid line, structural command and sudden fire. In Brahms’ Second Symphony, Sakari Oramo found conviction, proportion and a warmth that felt earned rather than applied.

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Sakari Oramo and Yeol Eum Son summon up vivid landscapes

Christopher Woodley, 13th March

Yeol Eum Son's superb performances of Bartók and Finzi are matched by intense and heady readings of Stravinsky and Weir by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo.

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Susannah Moody

A London-based journalist and ex-lawyer, Susannah will cheerfully listen to most styles of music. Having trained as an operatic soprano through school and university, she has worked for several opera companies and set up a student opera company where she translated, directed and performed in productions including flash mob opera. Most recently she took part in the ENO Response programme reviewing the company's 2022-2023 season. She also writes about food as The Moody Foodie.