Live, Video: Find classical music concert, opera, ballet and dance reviews | English | Edvard Grieg Choir

Showing 10 of 10 reviews

Loading image...

Echo of a silent scream: Bent Sørensen’s Asle and Alida premieres at Bergen National Opera

By Christopher Woodley, 29 March 2025

Jon Fosse's bleak tale of alienation is graced with fine performances from a strong cast and excellent playing by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under Johannes Gustavsson.

***11

Loading image...

***11

Bergen

30 Mar 2025

Echo of a silent scream: Asle and Alida premieres in Bergen

By Christopher Woodley

Loading image...

London

Prom 36: the London Philharmonic Orchestra play music from 2001: A Space Odyssey

By Rohan Shotton, 11 August 2023

Edward Gardner conducts the LPO in a shrewdly conceived programme of Ligeti and Strauss.

****1

Loading image...

****1

London

13 Aug 2023

Prom 36: the LPO play music from 2001: A Space Odyssey

By Rohan Shotton

Bergen

Edward Gardner conducts a sharp La clemenza di Tito live from Bergen

By Mark Valencia, 15 March 2021

Mary Miller bows out after ten years at the helm of Bergen National Opera with a defiant account of Mozart’s final opera.

****1

****1

Bergen

16 Mar 2021

Edward Gardner conducts a sharp La clemenza di Tito live from Bergen

By Mark Valencia

Bergen

Inspired by Elizabethan music: Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic

By David Karlin, 18 June 2020

The Bergen Phil and the Edvard Grieg Choir trace music from Elizabethan themes to 20th century works on them, culminating in Pärt's Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten.

***11

***11

Bergen

19 Jun 2020

Inspired by Elizabethan music: Gardner and the Bergen Phil

By David Karlin

London

True Grimes: a gripping semi-staging of Britten’s opera

By Matthew Rye, 30 November 2019

A psychologically penetrating semi-staging of Britten’s Peter Grimes from leading soloists, the Bergen Philharmonic and its chief conductor Ed Gardner laid bare the opera’s music and drama.

****1

****1

London

01 Dec 2019

True Grimes: a gripping semi-staging of Britten’s opera

By Matthew Rye

Bergen

Thunderingly quiet: Berlioz’s Grande Messe des morts opens the Bergen International Festival

By Aksel Tollåli, 24 May 2018

Berlioz’s gargantuan Grande Messe des morts with the Bergen Philharmonic and Edward Gardner opened the Bergen International Festival with deafening climaxes and even more resounding silence.

****1

****1

Bergen

29 May 2018

Berlioz’s Grande Messe des morts opens Bergen International Festival

By Aksel Tollåli

Bergen

The Flying Dutchman sails into Bergen

By Dominic Lowe, 10 March 2018

Bergen National Opera’s new production allows the story to speak to itself, while strong performances from Eric Halfvarson and Elisabeth Teige gave the performance its edge.

****1

****1

Bergen

12 Mar 2018

The Flying Dutchman sails into Bergen

By Dominic Lowe

Edinburgh

Edward Gardner and the Bergen Phil storm the Edinburgh Festival with a powerful Peter Grimes

By David Smythe, 13 August 2017

Stuart Skelton’s visceral Peter Grimes is matched by a strong cast with thrilling playing and singing from the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under Edward Gardner.

****1

****1

Edinburgh

14 Aug 2017

A powerful Peter Grimes in Edinburgh

By David Smythe

Bergen

A staged Messiah that sheds little light on Handel's oratorio

By Mark Valencia, 01 June 2017

Netia Jones is a visionary stage practitioner, but this show is a rare misjudgement.

***11

***11

Bergen

02 Jun 2017

A staged Messiah that sheds little light on Handel's oratorio

By Mark Valencia

Bergen

Psychologically splintered: Stuart Skelton leads a stellar Peter Grimes in Bergen

By Mark Valencia, 30 May 2017

This Peter Grimes was a tale of two talents: the conductor and the star.

*****

*****

Bergen

31 May 2017

A stellar Peter Grimes in Bergen

By Mark Valencia