Prom 34: atmospheric Thorvaldsdottir and intimate Elgar from BBC Phil

Eva Ollikainen

Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Eva Ollikainen

Kian Soltani

Par Nick Boston, 12 août 2022

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“Ollikainen succeeded in bringing each one back to allow for Soltani’s attention to detail to shine”

Critique faite à Royal Albert Hall, Londres, le 11 août 2022

Thorvaldsdottir, ARCHORA (BBC co-commission: world premiere)

Elgar, Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre en mi mineur, Op. 85

Sibelius, Symphonie no. 2 en ré majeur, Op.43

musique traditionnelle, Lovely Minka, I must away

Kian Soltani, Violoncelle

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Eva Ollikainen, Direction

Prom 5 : Haydn, HK Gruber, Stravinsky

Julie Jozwiak, 20th July

Lundi 20 juillet se tenait au Royal Albert Hall le “Prom 5”. Au programme : une symphonie de Haydn, une création de HK Gruber et le ballet Petrouchka de Stravinsky, joués par le BBC Philharmonic et le percussionniste Colin Currie placés sous la baguette de John Storgårds. Une soirée agréable, mais pas incroyable.

***11

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.

****1

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.

****1

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.

****1

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.

****1

John Storgårds leads the BBC Philharmonic through Shostakovich

Rohan Shotton, 15th November

The BBC Phil's chief conductor led a relentless account of Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony, paired with Dvořák’s Cello Concerto.

****1

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Prom 34: atmospheric Thorvaldsdottir and intimate Elgar from BBC Philharmonic