Prom 10: Postcards from Spain

Von Frances Wilson, 23 Juli 2011

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Albert Hall, London, am 22 Juli 2011

Debussy, Images, for orchestra: Gigues

Ravel, Rapsodie espagnole

Debussy, Images, Teil 3 Nr.3: Rondes de printemps, für Orchester

Ravel, Miroirs (Spiegelbilder): Alborada del gracioso

Falla, Noches en los Jardines de España (Nächte in spanischen Gärtem)

Debussy, Images, Set 3 Nr. 2: Ibéria, für Orchester

Steven Osborne, Klavier

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Juanjo Mena, Musikalische Leitung

Wagner and Strauss from Sarah Wegener and the BBC Philharmonic

Leighton Jones, 14th March

Celtic legends and dramatic landscapes fill Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall in an evening of emotional and reflective music under conductor Nicholas Carter.

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Watery worlds, rhythmic fire from Brauß and Hickox with the BBC

Leighton Jones, 7th February

Elisabeth Brauß excels in Ravel with the BBC Philharmonic and brings and unexpected encore.

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BBC Phil's Bluebeard's Castle eclipsed by Boulanger and Kodály

Peter Connors, 24th January

Anja Bihlmaier conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a moving D'un soir triste and joyful Dances of Galánta. Bluebeard's Castle, despite some fine things. feels less satisfying.

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Questions, answers and city nights: Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic

Leighton Jones, 17th January

In three hugely different musical voices, John Storgårds with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra move from the intimacy of Ives to the exhilaration of Adams, taking in Beethoven on their way.

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John Storgårds leads the BBC Philharmonic through Shostakovich

Rohan Shotton, 15th November

The BBC Phil's chief conductor led a relentless account of Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony, paired with Dvořák’s Cello Concerto.

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Thunderous Mahler from Elena Schwarz and the BBC Philharmonic

Rohan Shotton, 8th November

Elena Schwarz conducts the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in Mahler's First Symphony, Debussy's La Mer and a rare outing for a trombone concerto.

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Frances Wilson

A keen concert-goer, Frances is a pianist, piano teacher and blogger on pianism, music and culture.