Shades of pewter, clouds of silver: BBC Phil and John Storgårds

Jennifer Pike

Estonian National Male Choir in Bridgewater Hall

Albert Dohmen, John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic

Por Leighton Jones, 20 mayo 2023

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“it hit hard like the full might of a Soviet hammer”

Crítica hecha desde The Bridgewater Hall, Mánchester el 18 mayo 2023

Pärt, De Profundis

Sibelius, Concierto para violín en re menor, Op.47

Shostakovich, Sinfonía núm. 13 en si bemol menor, "Babi Yar", Op.113

Jennifer Pike, Violín

Albert Dohmen, Bajo-barítono

Estonian National Male Choir

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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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.

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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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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.

Shades of pewter, clouds of silver: dark emotions dominate BBC Philharmonic concert