Prom 47: John Cage night

Par Paul Kilbey, 18 août 2012

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Critique faite à Royal Albert Hall, Londres, le 17 août 2012

Cage, 101

Cage, Improvisation III

Marclay, Luggage 2012

Cage, Experiences II

Cage, ear for EAR (Antiphonies)

Cage, Four^2

Marclay, Baggage

Cage, Cartridge Music

Cage, Atlas eclipticalis

Cage, Winter Music

Cage, Concerto for prepared piano and chamber orchestra

Cage, But what about the noise of crumpling paper...

compositeurs divers, Quartet - improvisation by Behrman, Kosugi, Rowe and Wolff

Cage, Branches

Ilan Volkov, Direction

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Joan La Barbara, Voix

Exaudi

John Tilbury, Piano

Frank Denyer, Piano

Aki Takahashi, Piano

Christian Wolff, Piano

David Behrman, Électronique

Takehisa Kosugi, Électronique

Keith Rowe, Électronique, Guitare électrique

Un match à domicile en déplacement : Martyn Brabbins à Bruges

Jan-Jakob Delanoye, 3rd June

Retour sur le concert du BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra au Concertgebouw de Bruges.

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Une grandiose neuvième symphonie de Bruckner par le BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Julie Jozwiak, 25th September

Après un concerto pour piano de Mozart un peu décevant malgré l'interprétation très juste d'Imogen Cooper, le BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra donne une lecture exaltante de la neuvième symphonie de Bruckner, sous la baguette de Thomas Dausgaard.

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Astonishing Mahler 2 from Runnicles and the BBC Scottish

David Smythe, 1st March

Sir Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish reunite for an astonishing Mahler 2 with Karen Cargill, Jennifer Davis and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus.

*****

Sweeping Rachmaninov and scorching Barber from the BBC Scottish

Simon Thompson, 8th February

Despite the presence of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto on the bill, it is a gripping performance of Samuel Barber's First Symphony that steals this Usher Hall Sunday matinee.

****1

Meditative and powerful Górecki at Celtic Connections

David Smythe, 20th January

The Celtic Connections festival showcases Górecki’s Sorrowful Songs, the BBC Scottish with soprano Francesca Chiejina conducted by Pawel Kapula with a thoughtful introductory song set from Alice Zawadzki.

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Celebrating 90 years of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

David Smythe, 20th November

Martyn Brabbins conducts MacMillan’s Confession of Isobel Gowdie, BBCSSO founder Ian Whyte’s forgotten Violin Concerto with Stephanie Gonley, and a memorable Rachmaninov 2.

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.