A tour of British music: Clyne, Britten and Elgar with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Por Madelaine Jones, 14 enero 2013

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Crítica hecha desde Barbican Hall, Londres el 11 enero 2013

Clyne, Night Ferry (UK première)

Britten, Piano Concerto, Op.13

Elgar, Sinfonía núm. 1 en la bemol mayor, Op.55

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Andrew Litton, Dirección

Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano

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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.

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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.

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Madelaine Jones

Madelaine is a pianist and writer studying at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. As a winner of the Gladys Puttick Improvisation Competition as part of a dance-piano duo, she has an active interest in cross-arts collaboration. Visit here to find out more.