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The first sounds heard in Symphony Hall in 2022 were those of a full orchestral blast introducing a world premiere by HK Gruber.

Christine Rice gives an astonishingly performance in an evening of four powerful chamber pieces.

It was an altogether riotous and highly enjoyable performance of a wacky work, one long overdue to be heard in this country.

John Storgårds' annual SCO concert features the brilliant trumpeter bringing to life concertos old and new.

Smoke and Mirrors in the title, but nothing unreal about the performances at the Southbank.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo glistened and shimmered in Dutilleux and presented a 'no holds barred' Beethoven's Fifth while Håkan Hardenberger provided zing and reflection in HK Gruber.

HK Gruber's wit shines through this concert centred on Brecht and Weill's bitingly sarcastic songs from The Threepenny Opera; Håkan Hardenberger thrills with magical playing of trumpet and flugelhorn.

Every operatic ingredient was thrown into the pot for H.K. Gruber's Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), but do too many cooks spoil this operatic broth?

Flashes of brilliance, but also mediocrity in performances of HK Gruber and Mahler by the Philharmonia.

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

Lundi 20 juillet se tenait au Royal Albert Hall le “Prom 5”. Au programme : une symphonie de Haydn, une création de HK Gruber et le ballet Petrouchka de Stravinsky, joués par le BBC Philharmonic et le percussionniste Colin Currie placés sous la baguette de John Storgårds. Une soirée agréable, mais pas incroyable.

Le chef autrichien HK Gruber est l'invité d'honneur de la saison de l'OPS : avec une énergie communicative, il emmène l'orchestre dans un programme autour de la modernité.