A haunting, poignant Proms opener

Von Mark Pullinger, 16 Juli 2016

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“Gabetta's lyrical tone gently probed the doubts and nostalgia that fill Elgar's first movement”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Albert Hall, London, am 15 Juli 2016

Tschaikowsky, Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Elgar, Cellokonzert in e-Moll, Op.85

Vasks, Grāmata čellam (The Book of Cello) (Dolcissimo)

Prokofjew, Alexander Nevsky – cantata

Sol Gabetta, Cello

Olga Borodina, Mezzosopran

BBC National Chorus of Wales

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sakari Oramo, 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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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.

Prom 1: A haunting, poignant Proms opener from the BBCSO and Sakari Oramo