Elena Schwarz takes the BBC Phil on a boisterous countryside trip

Elena Schwarz conducts the BBC Philharmonic

Daniel Pioro and Victor Julien-Laferrière

Von Leighton Jones, 13 November 2022

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“a vivacious caper through the Austrian countryside with Schwarz in the driving seat”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, am 12 November 2022

Strawinsky, Symphonie in drei Sätzen

Brahms, Doppelkonzert in a-Moll für Violine, Cello und Orchester, Op.102

Beethoven, Symphonie Nr. 6 in F-Dur "Pastorale", Op.68

Daniel Pioro, Violine

Victor Julien-Laferrière, Cello

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Elena Schwarz, Musikalische Leitung

BBC Philharmonic’s bold but unbalanced Stravinsky and Adams

Leighton Jones, 1st May

Balance issues mar an otherwise compelling programme from John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

***11

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.

****1

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.

****1

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.

****1

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.

****1

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.

****1

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Leighton Jones

Leighton has extensive teaching experience from early years to postgraduate level music. Currently he works as a primary music specialist, visiting instrumental teacher and examiner. As a pianist, he was inspired to play after hearing Moura Lympany at a young age and has a large collection of her recordings. Leighton’s postgraduate studies focussed on his interest in 20th-century English orchestral music, with particular study of Britten, Rawsthorne, Walton and Vaughan Williams. A keen choral singer he has developed a comprehensive knowledge of chiefly British choral music.

Elena Schwarz takes the BBC Philharmonic on a boisterous trip to the countryside