En vivo, Video: Buscador de críticas de conciertos de música clásica, ópera, ballet y danza | Martyn Brabbins

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Londres

18 mar 2025

Nash Inventions: a sonic feast for six decades

Por Christopher Woodley

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From Wales to Scotland, The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time

Por Mark Valencia, 15 febrero 2025

Orla Boylan’s creation oozes charisma and reeks of entitlement, driven to emotional cruelty by the lassitude of a life too-long lived.

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Glasgow

15 feb 2025

The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time

Por Mark Valencia

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Farewell, Sir Andrew: the Proms pays tribute in fitting style

Por Peter Quantrill, 30 agosto 2024

Lovingly detailed accounts of music dear to the heart of the late master of ceremonies at the Proms.

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Londres

30 ago 2024

Farewell, Sir Andrew: the Proms pays tribute in fitting style

Por Peter Quantrill

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Memorable Proms performances from Martyn Brabbins and the BBCSO

Por David Truslove, 13 agosto 2024

Much loved core repertoire is juxtaposed with seldom heard works by anniversary composers Holst and Stanford.

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Londres

13 ago 2024

Memorable Proms performances from Martyn Brabbins and the BBCSO

Por David Truslove

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Peter Grimes a raging, powerful, defiant start to the new ENO season

Por Stephen Pritchard, 21 septiembre 2023

English National Opera opens its new season with a revival of David Alden's masterly production.

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Londres

21 sep 2023

Peter Grimes a raging, powerful, defiant start to the new ENO season

Por Stephen Pritchard

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Liverpool

A superb Child of Our Time in Liverpool

Por Peter Connors, 24 junio 2023

Soloists, choir and orchestra combine under Martyn Brabbins to create a powerful performance of Tippett's secular oratorio.

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Liverpool

24 jun 2023

A superb Child of Our Time in Liverpool

Por Peter Connors

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BBC Scottish and RCS in fruitful partnership in epic Shostakovich 11

Por David Smythe, 17 junio 2023

Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony, in partnership with musicians from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, present a new work from Mingdu Li, Glière’s Horn concerto and an immense Shostakovich 11.

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Glasgow

17 jun 2023

BBC Scottish and RCS in fruitful partnership in epic Shostakovich 11

Por David Smythe

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Beowulf and Job: dramatic storytelling from Brabbins and the BBCSO

Por Chris Garlick, 17 marzo 2023

Iain Bell's Beowulf is given its world premiere, with Charles Styles making an eleventh-hour jump-in, while a neglected Vaughan Williams masterpiece is given a superb reading by Martyn Brabbins.

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Londres

17 mar 2023

Beowulf and Job: dramatic storytelling from Brabbins and the BBCSO

Por Chris Garlick

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London Sinfonietta's Birtwistle tribute sings the praises of a modernist giant

Por Christopher Woodley, 05 marzo 2023

The London Sinfonietta and Martyn Brabbins pay tribute to Sir Harrison Birtwistle with a programme of very fine music-making at London's Southbank Centre.

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Londres

05 mar 2023

Birtwistle tribute: singing the praises of a modernist giant

Por Christopher Woodley

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Lucid in music and narrative: ENO and Richard Jones’ The Rhinegold

Por David Karlin, 18 febrero 2023

Martyn Brabbins conducts an excellent ENO orchestra and consistently good ensemble cast as Richard Jones delivers a wealth of narrative detail to introduce Wagner's Ring.

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Londres

18 feb 2023

Lucid in music and narrative: ENO's Rhinegold

Por David Karlin

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The second Elizabethan age receives a noble tribute from the first in ENO's Gloriana

Por Roy Westbrook, 08 diciembre 2022

When done as well as this, a "concert staging" is not oxymoronic, but a precise term for a valuable mode of presentation.

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Londres

08 dic 2022

Second Elizabethan age receives a noble tribute in ENO's Gloriana

Por Roy Westbrook

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Vivid late autumn colours from Martyn Brabbins and the BBCSSO

Por David Smythe, 24 noviembre 2022

The programme featured Sibelius's vividly terrifying Tapiola, alongside a gorgeous Four Last Songs with Elizabeth Llewellyn and Vaughan Williams's wistful Fifth Symphony.

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Glasgow

24 nov 2022

Vivid late autumn colours from Martyn Brabbins and the BBCSSO

Por David Smythe

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Everyday miracle from Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Por Roy Westbrook, 31 julio 2022

How various the orchestral sounds of this era - here were four in one programme, written between 1913 and 2000, by an Englishman, a Frenchman, a Greek and a Russian.

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Londres

31 jul 2022

Everyday miracle from Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Por Roy Westbrook

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Birmingham

Dancing on the grave: Brabbins conducts Stanford’s unshakeably happy Requiem in Birmingham

Por Simon Cummings, 02 julio 2022

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and University of Birmingham Singers revel in the ecstasy, majesty and glory of Stanford’s Requiem.

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Birmingham

02 jul 2022

Dancing on the grave: Brabbins conducts Stanford’s Requiem

Por Simon Cummings

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Martyn Brabbins celebrates 30 years with BBC Scottish SO

Por David Smythe, 11 junio 2022

Martyn Brabbins celebrates with a world premiere from Errollyn Wallen, Evelyn Glennie revisiting iconic MacMillan and a broad, noble Elgar First Symphony.

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Glasgow

11 jun 2022

Martyn Brabbins celebrates 30 years with BBC Scottish SO

Por David Smythe

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Vaughan Williams' Scott of the Antarctic brought in from the cold

Por Chris Garlick, 11 marzo 2022

The luxury of hearing the full glory of RVW's Scott of the Antarctic orchestral score, but still very much within the creative framework of the film, was a truly memorable experience.

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Londres

11 mar 2022

Scott of the Antarctic brought in from the cold

Por Chris Garlick

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A fine tail: new Cunning Little Vixen at English National Opera

Por Dominic Lowe, 20 febrero 2022

ENO has a long and fine history in Janáček’s corpus, and Jamie Manton's new production, performed by a cast that revels in the clash between nature and mankind, has much in which to delight.

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Londres

20 feb 2022

A fine tail: new Cunning Little Vixen at English National Opera

Por Dominic Lowe

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Richard Jones’ second London Ring falters at the first fence

Por Mark Pullinger, 19 noviembre 2021

Breastplates are back in vogue, but comedy horses and cheap production values undermine the first chapter in English National Opera's new Ring cycle.

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Londres

19 nov 2021

Richard Jones’ second London Ring falters at the first fence

Por Mark Pullinger

Too small for the hall: Pergolesi and Stravinsky from the BBC SSO at the Proms

Por David Karlin, 06 agosto 2021

Pergolesi is sung beautifully, Stravinsky performed with fun and verve, but the Royal Albert Hall is a big place for a chamber orchestra.

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Londres

06 ago 2021

Too small for the hall: the BBC SSO at the Proms

Por David Karlin

Life in Vienna, Death in Venice: Brabbins, Osborne and the Philharmonia at the top of their game

Por Kevin Wells, 20 mayo 2021

Martyn Brabbins and the Philharmonia contrast Richard Strauss' Viennese festivities with Britten's elegiac Death in Venice

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Londres

20 may 2021

Brabbins, Osborne and the Philharmonia at the top of their game

Por Kevin Wells

Poole

Voices from the East: Brabbins steers the BSO's voyage to Ukraine and Armenia

Por Mark Pullinger, 07 octubre 2020

Rarities by Akimenko and Arutiunian on a musical menu designed by Kirill Karabits, but served in his absence by Martyn Brabbins.

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Poole

07 oct 2020

Brabbins steers the BSO's voyage to Ukraine and Armenia

Por Mark Pullinger

Pulling the heart strings: Madam Butterfly returns to ENO

Por Dominic Lowe, 26 febrero 2020

Anthony Minghella's classic production of Madam Butterfly makes a welcome return with a sensational role debut by Natalya Romaniw as Cio-Cio-San.

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Londres

26 feb 2020

Pulling the heart strings: Madam Butterfly returns to ENO

Por Dominic Lowe

Arcadia in Albion: Brabbins, Urioste and the BBC Symphony play Vaughan Williams

Por Roy Westbrook, 01 noviembre 2019

Urioste’s marvellous playing wedded gleaming tone to sure technique in The Lark Ascending.

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Londres

01 nov 2019

Arcadia in Albion: BBC Symphony plays Vaughan Williams

Por Roy Westbrook

Prom 35: Martyn Brabbins celebrates 60th birthday in style

Por Nick Boston, 13 agosto 2019

A fascinating new companion piece to Elgar's Enigma Variations, from 14 contemporary composers, in celebration of Martyn Brabbins' 60th birthday, performed with enthusiasm by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

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Londres

13 ago 2019

Prom 35: Martyn Brabbins celebrates 60th birthday in style

Por Nick Boston

Gloucester

Opposites attract at the Three Choirs Festival

Por Simon Cummings, 01 agosto 2019

Effort and emotion collide at Gloucester Cathedral in music by Stravinsky, Berlioz and Walton

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Gloucester

01 ago 2019

Opposites attract at the Three Choirs Festival

Por Simon Cummings

Basingstoke

Forging ahead: Kanneh-Mason, Brabbins and the Philharmonia celebrate the Anvil's 25th anniversary

Por Roy Westbrook, 03 mayo 2019

Kanneh-Mason's tone was luminous, his accuracy formidable, his commitment complete.

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Basingstoke

03 may 2019

Forging ahead: Philharmonia celebrates The Anvil's 25th anniversary

Por Roy Westbrook

Iain Bell's new opera for ENO, Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel

Por Mark Valencia, 30 marzo 2019

Daniel Kramer’s direction is a model of restraint compared to some of his earlier work for the company.

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Londres

30 mar 2019

Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel

Por Mark Valencia

Fury, passion and loss from Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Por Chris Garlick, 30 noviembre 2018

Fury, passion and loss from Martyn Brabbins and the BBCSO in an all-British programme.

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Londres

30 nov 2018

Fury, passion and loss from Martyn Brabbins and the BBCSO

Por Chris Garlick

Inspiration eludes Kramer in Britten's War Requiem at English National Opera

Por Mark Valencia, 16 noviembre 2018

The music’s explosions of volume have an open-throated magnificence.

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Londres

16 nov 2018

Inspiration eludes Kramer in Britten's War Requiem at ENO

Por Mark Valencia

Russian pyrotechnics and robust Anglican religion contrast in BBC SO programme

Por John Johnston, 15 noviembre 2018

Dame Ethel Smyth's Mass in D enjoys a rare outing with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins.

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Londres

15 nov 2018

Russian pyrotechnics and robust Anglican religion

Por John Johnston

Flogging a dead horse: a new Salome at English National Opera

Por Dominic Lowe, 28 septiembre 2018

ENO's new production of Salome which opens the season features some commendable music-making, but is let down by a flawed concept and dull staging.

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Londres

28 sep 2018

Flogging a dead horse: a new Salome at English National Opera

Por Dominic Lowe

Edinburgh

Two contrasting seascapes make a pair of satisfying voyages at Edinburgh International Festival

Por Simon Thompson, 09 agosto 2018

Thea Musgrave’s pictorial writing sits well next to an exhilarating Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony.

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Edinburgh

09 ago 2018

A pair of satisfying voyages at Edinburgh International Festival

Por Simon Thompson

Prom 17: Purity and passion from Martyn Brabbins and the BBC NOW

Por Chris Garlick, 27 julio 2018

Even if Hubert Parry was overshadowed by Holst and Vaughan Williams, this was a splendid concert of British music.

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Londres

27 jul 2018

Purity and passion in first class British music

Por Chris Garlick

Brujas

Un match à domicile en déplacement : Martyn Brabbins au Concertgebouw de Bruges

Por Jan-Jakob Delanoye, 03 junio 2018

Retour sur le concert du BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra au Concertgebouw de Bruges.

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Brujas

03 jun 2018

Un match à domicile en déplacement : Martyn Brabbins à Bruges

Por Jan-Jakob Delanoye

Lust and labyrinths: The Marriage of Figaro at English National Opera

Por Dominic Lowe, 29 marzo 2018

Fiona Shaw's production doesn't always get everything right, but Lucy Crowe's debut as the Countess is the defining success of the this revival.

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Londres

29 mar 2018

Lust and labyrinths: The Marriage of Figaro at ENO

Por Dominic Lowe

Muhly's Marnie fails to find the drama of Winston Graham's novel

Por Dominic Lowe, 18 noviembre 2017

A decent cast was unable to redeem a fundamentally dull opera that lacks the psycholgical complexity and tension of both the original Graham novel and its famous Hitchcock adaptation.

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Londres

18 nov 2017

Muhly's Marnie fails to find the drama of the novel

Por Dominic Lowe

Aurally spectacular Vaughan Williams and Birtwistle at the Barbican

Por Chris Garlick, 13 octubre 2017

Sparks flew as two British music giants, Vaughan Williams and Birtwistle, collided at the Barbican.

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Londres

13 oct 2017

Spectacular Vaughan Williams and Birtwistle at the Barbican

Por Chris Garlick

Birtwistle curates: Ancient and modern juxtaposed at Milton Court

Por David Truslove, 23 septiembre 2017

An intriguing programme marked by diversity and novelty from two world-beating ensembles.

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Londres

23 sep 2017

Ancient and modern juxtaposed at Milton Court

Por David Truslove

Ámsterdam

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra premieres Easter Passions

Por Jenny Camilleri, 07 abril 2017

Two world premières commissioned by the RCO are polar opposites in terms of emotional temperature.

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Ámsterdam

07 abr 2017

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra premieres Easter Passions

Por Jenny Camilleri

Food for thought in Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s The Last Supper

Por David Smythe, 14 enero 2017

An excellent performance of Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s The Last Supper receiving its Scottish première, with Roderick Williams and Susan Bickley heading a luxury cast.

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Glasgow

14 ene 2017

Food for thought: Birtwistle’s The Last Supper

Por David Smythe

Cardiff

Joyful noise: Walton’s mighty Belshazzar’s Feast in Cardiff

Por Andrew Morris, 01 diciembre 2016

Three English composers receive fine performances from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

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Cardiff

01 dic 2016

Joyful noise: Walton’s mighty Belshazzar’s Feast

Por Andrew Morris

Lyon

Solaire Iolanta, radieuse Perséphone à l'Opéra de Lyon

Por Camille Grimaud, 11 mayo 2016

Iolenta et Perséphone sublimées : vibrant hommage à la Lumière par l'Opéra de Lyon.

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Lyon

11 may 2016

Solaire Iolanta, radieuse Perséphone à l'Opéra de Lyon

Por Camille Grimaud

Ámsterdam

We have lift-off: NASA and the Rotterdam Philharmonic present Holst's The Planets

Por David Pinedo, 30 agosto 2015

Martyn Brabbins and the Rotterdam Philharmonic took the audience on a journey through our solar system in The Planets: An HD Odyssey.

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Ámsterdam

30 ago 2015

We have lift-off: Holst's The Planets

Por David Pinedo

Port Isaac

Boris Godunov with a star British cast wows St Endellion

Por Tony Burke, 07 agosto 2015

If Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, then Boris Godunov is about five Russian dolls' worth.

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Port Isaac

07 ago 2015

Boris Godunov with a star British cast wows St Endellion

Por Tony Burke

Cardiff

When the voice alone is not enough: BBC Cardiff Singer prize eludes favourite

Por Mark Pullinger, 21 junio 2015

Cardiff Castle hosted an entertaining bout of medieval jousting yesterday afternoon, but in the evening all eyes and ears turned to the vocal jousting in St David’s Hall.

Cardiff

21 jun 2015

BBC Cardiff Singer prize eludes favourite

Por Mark Pullinger

Cardiff

Star-gazing performances of Bowden and Holst as BBC NOW and Chorus perform a Mark Bowden première

Por Philip May, 18 abril 2015

Grand Holst and the première of Mark Bowden's A Violence of Gifts, performed with bombastic gusto and colour.

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Cardiff

18 abr 2015

Star-gazing performances of Bowden and Holst

Por Philip May

A concert of two halves: the RPO plays German Romantic classics

Por Jack Johnson, 11 noviembre 2014

An original and dynamic performance of Brahms' Symphony no. 1 makes up for run-of-the-mill Wagner and Strauss.

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Londres

11 nov 2014

A concert of two halves: the RPO plays German Romantic classics

Por Jack Johnson

Sonic inundation: John Tavener’s Flood of Beauty at the Barbican

Por David Fay, 28 septiembre 2014

There was an inundation of the sound of John Tavener's Flood of Beauty at the Barbican on Sunday, with the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Martyn Brabbins.

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