Paradise Regained: a heavenly evening with Aurora

Von Mark Pullinger, 06 April 2019

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“like a robust Wagnerian bass singing falsetto, Griffiths practically hugging his instrument”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Kings Place: Hall One, London, am 5 April 2019

Elgar, Serenade e-Moll für Streichorchester, Op. 20

Mozart, Klavierkonzert Nr. 21 in C-Dur, KV467

Mazzoli, Dark with Excessive Bright (UK premiere)

Beethoven, Symphonie Nr. 8 in F-Dur, Op.93

Yeol Eum Son, Klavier

Ben Griffiths, Kontrabass

Nicholas Collon, Musikalische Leitung

Aurora Orchestra

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.