BBC Philharmonic opens season with bagpipes, boldness and brilliance

Bagpipers in the foyer of Bridgewater Hall

Augustin Hadelich, John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Por Leighton Jones, 21 septiembre 2025

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“Storgårds pushed the orchestra to the limit”

Crítica hecha desde The Bridgewater Hall, Mánchester el 20 septiembre 2025

Wolfe, LAD

Wolfe, Fountain of Youth

Prokofiev, Concierto para violín núm. 2 en sol menor, Op.63

Chaikovskiï, Sinfonía núm. 5 en mi menor, Op.64

Augustin Hadelich, Violín

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

John Storgårds, 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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Leighton Jones

Leighton has extensive teaching experience from early years to postgraduate level music. Currently he works as a primary music specialist, visiting instrumental teacher and examiner. As a pianist, he was inspired to play after hearing Moura Lympany at a young age and has a large collection of her recordings. Leighton’s postgraduate studies focussed on his interest in 20th-century English orchestral music, with particular study of Britten, Rawsthorne, Walton and Vaughan Williams. A keen choral singer he has developed a comprehensive knowledge of chiefly British choral music.

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra opens season with bagpipes, boldness and brilliance