Beethoven from memory at the BBC Proms

Von Rohan Shotton, 14 September 2020

Laden, bitte warten...

“organic, irresistible and thrilling”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Albert Hall, London, am 10 September 2020

Ayres, No. 52 (Three pieces about Ludwig van Beethoven, dreaming, hearing loss, and saying goodbye) (world premiere)

Beethoven, Symphonie Nr. 7 in A-Dur, Op.92

Aurora Orchestra

Nicholas Collon, Musikalische Leitung

Ein Land geht, die Musik bleibt: Brexit-Konzert in Brüssel

Jens Klier, 29th March

Altstaedt, Bostridge und das Aurora Orchestra nehmen den Brexit zum Anlass für ein nachdenkliches, starkes Konzert-Statement.

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Grotesk-Gruber und Klassiker vom Aurora Orchestra in Köln

Jens Klier, 9th September

Die Musiker beeindrucken wieder einmal mit ihrer Lebendigkeit und Interaktion, auch wenn ihre Frankenstein-Version ein wenig zu sehr in Klamauk ausartet.

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Pastorale in Köln: Nicholas Collon und das Aurora Orchestra

Jens Klier, 1st October

Collon und das Aurora Orchestra lieferten ein farbenreiches Programm mit Sinn und Elan, das wunschgemäß glücklich machte.

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Echoes of Youth from the Aurora principals at Kings Place

Mark Valencia, 19th March

Billed under the heading ‘Echoes of Youth’, this Kings Place programme is an attractive ragbag of unlikely bedfellows.

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Brett Dean and Lotte Betts-Dean unlock musical memories at Kings Place

Eleanor Knight, 17th January

Father and daughter team of Brett Dean and Lotte Betts-Dean join forces for the opening concert of Kings Place’s ‘Memory Unwrapped’ season.

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Aurora dazzle in Edinburgh International Festival debut

Simon Thompson, 18th August

Aurora Orchestra turn Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony inside out to exhilarating effect in a dazzling performance in their Scottish debut. Abel Selaocoe’s Four Spirits, on the other hand, has surface shine but not much substance.

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Rohan Shotton

Rohan has reviewed concerts and opera across the UK and Europe, but chiefly in Manchester, where he enjoys conducting and playing percussion and piano. He works as a hospital doctor, having studied in St Andrews and Manchester, and tweets as @RohanShotton.