Darkness and heroism from the BBC Philharmonic

Alban Gerhardt, Alpesh Chauhan and the BBC Philharmonic

Alpesh Chauhan and the BBC Philharmonic

Por Rohan Shotton, 18 noviembre 2024

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“Gerhardt’s playing of the first movement’s devastating heartbreak left the strongest mark”

Crítica hecha desde The Bridgewater Hall, Mánchester el 16 noviembre 2024

Clyne, This Moment (UK premiere)

Shostakovich, Concierto para violonchelo núm. 2 en sol mayor, op. 126

Strauss R., Una vida de héroe, poema sinfónico, Op.40

Alpesh Chauhan, Dirección

Alban Gerhardt, Violonchelo

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Triunfal comienzo del Festival Internacional de Música de Canarias

Francisco Martínez Ramos, 13th January

Gran comienzo del 39 Festival Internacional de Música de Canarias, que contó con la Filarmónica de la BBC bajo la dirección de Juanjo Mena y con la violinista Clara-Jumi Kang como solista.

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Mena y la BBC Phil inauguran el Festival de Santander

Ramón del Buey Cañas, 5th August

Con el empaste orgánico y la complicidad construida concierto a concierto desde 2011, el tándem BBC-Mena vibró, bailó y estremeció. El torrente sonoro cuidó hasta el menor recoveco de pentagrama, cuajando el mejor de los augurios para lo que resta de festival.

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Reality television: ENO’s Angel’s Bone in Manchester

Lawrence Dunn, 12th May

Kip Williams and ENO mount an extraordinary new production of Du Yun and Royce Vavrek’s multifaceted opera, with performances of great emotional directness broadcast live on camera.

*****

BBC Philharmonic’s bold but unbalanced Stravinsky and Adams

Leighton Jones, 1st May

Balance issues mar an otherwise compelling programme from John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Wagner and Strauss from Sarah Wegener and the BBC Philharmonic

Leighton Jones, 14th March

Celtic legends and dramatic landscapes fill Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall in an evening of emotional and reflective music under conductor Nicholas Carter.

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Watery worlds, rhythmic fire from Brauß and Hickox with the BBC

Leighton Jones, 7th February

Elisabeth Brauß excels in Ravel with the BBC Philharmonic and brings and unexpected encore.

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Rohan Shotton

Rohan has reviewed concerts and opera across the UK and Europe, but chiefly in Manchester, where he enjoys conducting and playing percussion and piano. He works as a hospital doctor, having studied in St Andrews and Manchester, and tweets as @RohanShotton.

Darkness and heroism in Shostakovich and Strauss from the BBC Philharmonic