Prom 75: DiDonato and Alsop dazzle at the Last Night

Par Julia Savage, 11 septembre 2013

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Critique faite à Royal Albert Hall, Londres, le 7 septembre 2013

Clyne, Masquerade (BBC commission, world première)

Wagner, Les Maîtres chanteurs de Nuremberg : Prélude de l'Acte I

Bernstein, Chichester Psalms

Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending

Britten, The Building of the House for chorus or organ or brass and orchestra, Op.79

Massenet, Chérubin: Je suis gris! je suis ivre!

Haendel, Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40: Frondi tenere

Haendel, Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40: Ombra mai fù

Rossini, La donna del lago: Tanti affetti in tal momento!

Bernstein, Candide: ouverture

Bernstein, Candide: Make our Garden Grow

Verdi, Nabucco: Va Pensiero, chorus of the Hebrew slaves

Arlen, Film music from Wizard of Oz: Over the Rainbow

Monti, Czardas

musique traditionnelle, Londonderry Air

Rodgers, Carousel: You'll never walk alone

Bantock, Sea Reivers

Lloyd, HMS Trinidad March (UK première of this version)

Arne, Rule, Britannia!

Elgar, Pomp et Circumstance Marche no. 1 en ré majeur, Op.39

Parry, Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)

musique traditionnelle, The British National Anthem (arr. Britten)

Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano

Nigel Kennedy, Violon

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Marin Alsop, Direction

Iestyn Davies, Contre-ténor

Le Barbican Hall transfiguré par le BBC Symphony Orchestra

Nicolas Schotter, 21st October

Le Barbican Hall accueillait le BBC Symphony Orchestra et son chef Sakari Oramo pour un programme d'une remarquable cohérence, à de multiples niveaux, et dont la gradation dramatique a conquis l'assemblée.

****1

Beethoven et Lutoslawski par le BBC SO à Londres

Julie Jozwiak, 24th April

Le BBC Symphony Orchestra donnait un programme Beethoven/Lutoslawski au Barbican Hall. Le chef Michal Nesterowic et le pianiste Steven Osborne ont remplacé les têtes d'affiche initialement annoncées. Un changement de distribution qui n’a pas empêché la soirée d'être réussie.

***11

Sakari Oramo, Yeol Eum Son and the BBC Symphony in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 26th March

Yeol Eum Son’s Britten Piano Concerto formed the evening’s centre of gravity, played with lucid line, structural command and sudden fire. In Brahms’ Second Symphony, Sakari Oramo found conviction, proportion and a warmth that felt earned rather than applied.

****1

Sakari Oramo and Yeol Eum Son summon up vivid landscapes

Christopher Woodley, 13th March

Yeol Eum Son's superb performances of Bartók and Finzi are matched by intense and heady readings of Stravinsky and Weir by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo.

****1

From snow to sludge: Icelandic music at the Barbican Centre

Marat Ingeldeev, 22nd February

A bewildering evening at the Barbican, where ambitious Icelandic programming collapses under its lofty ambition of defying genres and making music more appealing to a wide variety of audiences.

**111

Fine Lindberg and Stravinsky double bill from the BBC Symphony

Roy Westbrook, 6th February

After a performance of Magnus Lindberg’s First Violin Concerto by Lisa Batiashvili at the Barbican, Stravinsky’s Perséphone stands the test of time.

****1

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Julia Savage

Julia works behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey as a PA. Outside of her job, she sings with a variety of ensembles in London and further afield, and undertakes freelance editorial and writing projects – from concert programmes to tasting notes.