Heady Mozart and Strauss for dessert

Von Benjamin Poore, 02 Januar 2019

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“muscular and immediate, yet spiked with plenty of festive citrus zest”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Kings Place: Hall One, London, am 31 Dezember 2018

Mozart, Die Hochzeit des Figaro, KV492: Ouvertüre

Mozart, Klavierkonzert Nr. 17 in G-Dur, KV453

Mozart, Symphonie Nr. 39 in Es-Dur, KV543

Strauß Sohn, An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314

Strauß Sohn, Tritsch Tratsch Polka, Op.214

Strauß Sohn, Pizzicato Polka

Strauß Vater, Radetzky March, Op.228

Dame Imogen Cooper, Klavier

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Nicholas Collon, Musikalische Leitung

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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Benjamin Poore

Benjamin Poore is a writer and critic. His book on psychoanalysis and literature is forthcoming in 2019. He has previously written about literature and culture for the Independent, the Times Literary Supplement, and Times Higher Education. In his spare time he tries to sing Schubert; he has a very patient teacher.

Heady Mozart and Strauss for dessert at Aurora's New Year's Eve concert