Prom 43: Oramo and the BBC SO redefine tradition

Von Alexander Hall, 20 August 2019

Laden, bitte warten...

“stripped back to its foundations, the bare bones of the edifice uncompromising and severe”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Albert Hall, London, am 19 August 2019

Dove, We Are One Fire * (BBC commission: world premiere)

Ammann, Piano Concerto: BBC co-commission with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthaus Wien, Lucerne Festival, Münchner Philharmoniker and Taipei Symphony Orchestra, supported by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council: (World premiere)

Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’

Anu Komsi, Sopran

Hilary Summers, Alt

Michael Weinius, Tenor

Mika Kares, Bass

Andreas Haefliger, Klavier

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sakari Oramo, Musikalische Leitung

* Neil Ferris , 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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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.

Prom 43: The very new and the once new as Oramo and the BBC SO redefine tradition