A portrait in all but name: Jörg Widmann and the CBSO

Von Simon Cummings, 07 Juni 2018

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“an avant-garde snake charmer... the instrument practically wriggling out of his hands”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Symphony Hall, Birmingham, am 6 Juni 2018

Widmann, Con Brio, Konzertouvertüre für Orchester

Widmann, "180 beats per minute" for String Sextet

Weber, Klarinettenkonzert Nr. 1 f-Moll, Op. 73

Widmann, Fantasy for solo clarinet

Mozart, Symphonie Nr. 41 in C-Dur, "Jupiter", KV551

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Jörg Widmann, Klarinette, Musikalische Leitung

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Eklat bei der Schweizer Tournee des City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Starpianist Fazıl Say wurde wegen einer Israel-kritischen Äusserungen kurzfristig ausgeladen. Eine Chance für den Einspringer.

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Isabella Steppan, 28th March

Klangschön aber letztlich zu kalkuliert, um Emotionen zu wecken – so präsentierte sich das City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra zu Gast im Stefaniensaal.

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Yamada and the CBSO’s Walton expedition at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 10th March

In Hamburg, Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO navigate the thorny brilliance of Walton’s First Symphony, proving that ‘difficult’ music can offer an evening’s most profound human connection.

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Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO stir up swelling seas with Scheherazade

Robert Gainer, 4th March

In the CBSO Benevolent Fund concert, the orchestra tells the timeless story, set in Persia, of Scheherazade who, through her storytelling, brings about peace.

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François Leleux and Lisa Batiashvili play fire and ice with the CBSO

Robert Gainer, 1st February

The CBSO’s Birmingham’s Town Hall matinee sets forth a curious mix of Baroque, Classical, and modern music, sandwiching a lesser-known concerto between some familiar tunes.

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Yamada and the CBSO luxuriate in line at Symphony Hall

Simon Cummings, 15th January

Mahler’s First Symphony is given a fresh take, revelling in melody, by Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO, while Dai Fujikura’s new Trombone Concerto proves an unsatisfactory indulgence.

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Simon Cummings

Simon Cummings is a composer, writer and researcher based in the Cotswolds. He composes instrumental and electronic music, exploring aspects of algorithmic composition, and has recently completed a Ph.D. in composition at the Birmingham Conservatoire under the supervision of Richard Causton and Howard Skempton. His musical tastes are ludicrously broad but are focused most on contemporary/avant-garde classical and electronic music. When not composing, he writes regularly about new music; Simon is the author of the contemporary music blog 5:4 (5against4.com), and regularly contributes articles for a variety of books, journals and websites. Follow him on Twitter @5against4.

A portrait in all but name: Jörg Widmann and the CBSO at Symphony Hall