Two concerts for the price of one: Abel Selaocoe and the BBC Singers

Von Nick Boston, 21 Mai 2023

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“right from the flowing tempo set by Jeannin... this was a commanding performance”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Milton Court Concert Hall, London, am 19 Mai 2023

Programm beinhaltet:

Rachmaninow, Das große Abend- und Morgenlob (Ganznächtliche Vigil, "Vesper"), op. 37 für Chor, Op. 37

Selaocoe, Music of African twilight

Abel Selaocoe, Cello, Sänger

BBC Singers

Sofi Jeannin, Chorleitung

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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.

*****

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

UK premiere of Julia Wolfe’s unEarth impresses on scale, not substance

Susannah Moody, 23rd January

Wolfe's climate-change oratorio, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, already feels out of date.

**111

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A new edition of Puccini's score springs to life in a meticulously prepared Opera Rara concert performance at the Barbican.

****1

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Mark Valencia, 1st September

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

*****

BBC Symphony and Josep Pons at the Proms: a dextrous dance

Dominic Lowe, 8th August

A programme heavily skewed to the balletic saw the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Josep Pons dispatch difficult passages with ease.

****1

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Two outstanding concerts for the price of one: Abel Selaocoe and the BBC Singers