Proms matinée celebrates Birtwistle and Maxwell Davies

Von Edoardo Pelligra, 10 August 2014

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Cadogan Hall, London, am 9 August 2014

Bach C.P.E., Symphonie in h-Moll, Wq 182/5

Birtwistle, Endless Parade

Honegger, Pastorale d'été (Summer pastorale), H31

Davies, Sinfonia

Sibelius, Rakastava (The Lover) for string orchestra, Op.14

Håkan Hardenberger, Trompete

Lapland Chamber Orchestra

John Storgårds, Musikalische Leitung

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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BBC Philharmonic opens season with bagpipes, boldness and brilliance

Leighton Jones, 20th September

John Storgårds conducts Wolfe and Prokofiev in the season opening concert, before a magnificent Tchaikovsky Fifth Symphony.

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ENO, BBC join forces in stunning Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Mark Valencia, 1st September

David Pountney's vernacular translation and Ruth Knight's vivid staging lent a thrilling immediacy to Shostakovich's chilling opera.

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Curious Monologues but credible Mahler at the BBC Proms

Roy Westbrook, 21st July

Mahler's “Cinderella” symphony receives another London outing, conducted by John Storgårds at the Royal Albert Hall.

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A near-perfect Mahler 3 from the BBC Philharmonic and John Storgårds

Rohan Shotton, 14th June

John Storgårds conducts his BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in a profoundly moving account of Mahler's vast Third Symphony.

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Edoardo Pelligra

Edoardo is a philosophy student in Torino, Italy. He has always been fond of classical music and operas and tries to combine his philosophical studies with music and especially philosophy of music. He is particularly enthusiastic about opera modern adaptations. Edoardo also maintains a strong passion for films, literature and travelling. He also writes reviews in Italian for Operaclick.