Springtime and the sea with Edward Gardner and the CBSO

Par Andrew H. King, 21 janvier 2013

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Critique faite à Symphony Hall, Birmingham, le 17 janvier 2013

Bridge, The Sea

Elgar, Sea Pictures, Op.37

Britten, Spring Symphony for soloists, mixed choir, children's choir and orchestra, Op.44

Edward Gardner, Direction

Susan Gritton, Soprano

Kelley O'Connor, Mezzo-soprano

Allan Clayton, Ténor

CBSO Chorus

CBSO Youth Chorus

CBSO Children's Chorus

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Les orages printaniers de Vilde Frang et Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla à Bozar

Valentin Gautron Lavarone, 22nd March

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla et les musiciens du City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ont manqué de trébucher dans Schumann mais ont porté Elgar au sommet avec Vilde Frang.

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Au-delà des horizons : le CBSO, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla et Yuja Wang

Sylvain Gaulhiac, 22nd May

Le City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra débarque au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées sous la baguette de sa directrice musicale. Un programme bien ficelé autour de Ravel, Brahms et Prokofiev avec la pianiste Yuja Wang.

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Klaus Florian Vogt au TCE avec Andris Nelsons et le CBSO : le père, le fils... et l'esprit wagnérien

Denis Peyrat, 1st June

Klaus Florian Vogt, l'un des grands ténors wagnériens actuels a interprété avec brio au Théâtre des Champs Elysées Parsifal et surtout Lohengrin. Il était magnifiquement soutenu par Andris Nelsons avec le City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, qui ont aussi illuminé Dvorak.

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Nelson Goerner shines with the CBSO and Rachmaninov's Rhapsody

Robert Gainer, 9th April

The CBSO present the work of three European émigré composers of the 1930s and 40s, who reimagined their musical influences with contrasting approaches and results.

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Yamada and the CBSO’s Walton expedition at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 10th March

In Hamburg, Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO navigate the thorny brilliance of Walton’s First Symphony, proving that ‘difficult’ music can offer an evening’s most profound human connection.

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Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO stir up swelling seas with Scheherazade

Robert Gainer, 4th March

In the CBSO Benevolent Fund concert, the orchestra tells the timeless story, set in Persia, of Scheherazade who, through her storytelling, brings about peace.

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Andrew H. King

Following training as a singer and conductor, Andrew is now completing a doctoral thesis on the life and songs of Sir Granville Bantock. Interests include English and American music, with an emphasis on opera, choral music and song. Andrew has been published in MUSO, Early Music, and by BBC Radio 3 and the BBC Proms.