MacMillan fascinates, Bruckner disappoints at the BBC Proms

Lawrence Power and the BBC Philharmonic

Juanjo Mena

Lawrence Power, Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic

Por Alexander Hall, 19 julio 2022

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“Power was a warmly expressive soloist... dusky-toned yet lithe”

Crítica hecha desde Royal Albert Hall, Londres el 18 julio 2022

Bach, The Musical Offering, BWV1079: Ricercar a 6 (orch. Webern)

MacMillan, Viola Concerto

von Westhoff, Imitazione delle Campane

Bruckner, Sinfonía núm. 6 en la mayor, WAB 106

Lawrence Power, Viola

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Juanjo Mena, Dirección

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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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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BBC Phil's Bluebeard's Castle eclipsed by Boulanger and Kodály

Peter Connors, 24th January

Anja Bihlmaier conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a moving D'un soir triste and joyful Dances of Galánta. Bluebeard's Castle, despite some fine things. feels less satisfying.

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Questions, answers and city nights: Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic

Leighton Jones, 17th January

In three hugely different musical voices, John Storgårds with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra move from the intimacy of Ives to the exhilaration of Adams, taking in Beethoven on their way.

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.

MacMillan fascinates, Bruckner disappoints: Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic at the Proms