Prom 4: John Adams conducts the Orchestra of the RAM and The Juilliard School

Par Paul Kilbey, 17 juillet 2012

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Critique faite à Royal Albert Hall, Londres, le 16 juillet 2012

Respighi, Fêtes romaines (Feste Romane), P157

Ravel, Concerto pour piano en sol

Adams, City Noir

Dame Imogen Cooper, Piano

Juilliard Orchestra

Royal Academy Sinfonia

John Adams, Direction

Emotion and mayhem: a golden double bill from Royal Academy Opera

Stephen Pritchard, 18th March

Students triumph in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges.

****1

Royal Academy tackles The Threepenny Opera

David Karlin, 15th June

Brecht and Weill's tirade against Big Money is exceptionally well acted throughout; vocal and musical performances are more mixed.

***11

Flinty graves: a chilling Poppea

Dominic Lowe, 20th May

In Shoreditch, the Royal Academy of Music showed off some superb singing in a chilling exploration of tyranny and unrestrained power.

****1

A marriage of youth and experience

Matthew Rye, 30th October

A polished production of The Marriage of Figaro from some of the potential opera stars of the future.

****1

Compositeur et chef, John Adams déçoit à Radio France

Julius Lay, 28th February

Qui de mieux que John Adams pour diriger un concert américain ? L'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France s'est associé au fameux compositeur pour un concert prometteur mais finalement frustrant, notamment dans la création du jour.

**111

Happy Birthday, Mr. Adams! Une fête américaine à Lyon

Beate Langenbruch, 29th April

L’Auditorium célèbre les 70 ans du minimaliste en sa présence, avec l’ONL sous la direction de Leonard Slatkin et l’éblouissante violoniste Hilary Hahn dans le concerto de Tchaïkovski

*****

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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.