Prom 75: DiDonato and Alsop dazzle at the Last Night

Por Julia Savage, 11 septiembre 2013

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Crítica hecha desde Royal Albert Hall, Londres el 7 septiembre 2013

Clyne, Masquerade (BBC commission, world première)

Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: preludio al Acto 1

Bernstein, Chichester Psalms

Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending

Britten, The Building of the House for chorus or organ or brass and orchestra, Op.79

Massenet, Chérubin: Je suis gris! je suis ivre!

Handel, Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40: Frondi tenere

Handel, Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40: Ombra mai fù

Rossini, La donna del lago: Tanti affetti in tal momento!

Bernstein, Candide: Obertura

Bernstein, Candide: Make our Garden Grow

Verdi, Nabucco: Va Pensiero, chorus of the Hebrew slaves

Arlen, Film music from Wizard of Oz: Over the Rainbow

Monti, Czardas

Tradicional, Londonderry Air

Rodgers, Carousel: You'll never walk alone

Bantock, Sea Reivers

Lloyd, HMS Trinidad March (UK première of this version)

Arne, Rule, Britannia!

Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1 in D Major, Op.39

Parry, Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)

Tradicional, The British National Anthem (arr. Britten)

Joyce DiDonato, Mezzosoprano

Nigel Kennedy, Violín

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Marin Alsop, Dirección

Iestyn Davies, Contratenor

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Christopher Woodley, 13th March

Yeol Eum Son's superb performances of Bartók and Finzi are matched by intense and heady readings of Stravinsky and Weir by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo.

****1

From snow to sludge: Icelandic music at the Barbican Centre

Marat Ingeldeev, 22nd February

A bewildering evening at the Barbican, where ambitious Icelandic programming collapses under its lofty ambition of defying genres and making music more appealing to a wide variety of audiences.

**111

Fine Lindberg and Stravinsky double bill from the BBC Symphony

Roy Westbrook, 6th February

After a performance of Magnus Lindberg’s First Violin Concerto by Lisa Batiashvili at the Barbican, Stravinsky’s Perséphone stands the test of time.

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Wolfe's climate-change oratorio, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, already feels out of date.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

Sir James MacMillan delights with his Christmas Oratorio

David Karlin, 19th December

MacMillan's large scale choral work offers a rich variety of texts and musical ideas, the composer conducts the BBC Symphony with unerring precision.

*****

Ermonela Jaho gives a tragic twist to Puccini's La rondine

Peter Quantrill, 5th December

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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Julia Savage

Julia works behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey as a PA. Outside of her job, she sings with a variety of ensembles in London and further afield, and undertakes freelance editorial and writing projects – from concert programmes to tasting notes.