Polished Glass from Mari Samuelsen at the Southbank Centre

Von Mark Pullinger, 06 Mai 2022

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“pumping iron must be a piece of cake compared to playing Glass arpeggios”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, am 5 Mai 2022

Taylor-West, Making Space

Perivolaris, A Forest Reawakens

Glass, Violin Concerto no. 1

Higdon, Concerto for Orchestra

Mari Samuelsen, Violine

BBC Concert Orchestra

Anna-Maria Helsing, Musikalische Leitung

Im Gedenken - War Horse Prom

Hedy Mühleck, 3rd August

Ein Kriegspferd in der Royal Albert Hall: die BBC Proms erinnern an den Beginn des ersten Weltkrieges - mit einem kinderfreundlichen Programm und vierbeinigen Gästen.

*****

The BBC Singers at full throttle at Milton Court

Nick Boston, 26th February

Powerful Herbert Howells, together with affecting Shaw and engaging MacMillan from the BBC Singers, with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Sofi Jeannin.

****1

Aleko on the Arno: Bryn Terfel leads fine new GPO double bill

Roy Westbrook, 6th June

An unlikely pairing opens Grange Park Opera's season, the two works united by the dominant central character of each opera – Sir Bryn Terfel.

****1

BBCCO thrills in an evening of Sibelius and his Swedish neighbours

Susannah Moody, 17th March

A study of landscapes, freedom and love from the Anna-Maria Helsing and BBC Concert Orchestra, plus the world premiere of a Trinidadian concerto for orchestra.

****1

Mystics and magicians from the BBC Concert Orchestra at the BBC Proms

Leighton Jones, 28th August

Music from different genres, for the big and small screens, sit side by side in an evening of music that ignites and enchants the imagination.

****1

Over the top: revamped Tosca returns to the Theatre in the Woods

Mark Pullinger, 10th June

Stephen Medcalf gingers up Grange Park Opera’s staging with some deft directorial touches… even if Tosca is denied her final leap.

***11

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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.