British Classics with a difference

Par Hedy Mühleck, 02 mars 2017

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“Roderick Williams conjured up the peaceful countryside setting with great narrative skill”

Critique faite à Symphony Hall, Birmingham, le 1 mars 2017

Walton, Johannesburg Festival Overture

Delius, Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo

Ireland, Sea Fever

Vaughan Williams, The House of life: no. 2 Silent Noon

Ireland, Great Things

Elgar, Dans le Sud (Alassio) - Ouverture de concert pour orchestre, Op. 50

Sullivan, The Yeomen of the Guard Overture

German, Romeo and Juliet: Nocturne (Prelude to Act II) (d)

Wood, London Cameos: suite

Ellis, Coronation Scot

Farnon, Lake of the Woods

Coates, I heard you singing

Wood, Roses of Picardy

Stanford, The Old Superb

Coates, The Dam Busters March

Roderick Williams, Baryton

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

John Wilson, Direction

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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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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François Leleux and Lisa Batiashvili play fire and ice with the CBSO

Robert Gainer, 1st February

The CBSO’s Birmingham’s Town Hall matinee sets forth a curious mix of Baroque, Classical, and modern music, sandwiching a lesser-known concerto between some familiar tunes.

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Hedy Mühleck

Hedy is a former Bachtrack German Editor and Press Liaison. She's a musicologist, a great fan of British music of the 19th and 20th century, a folk musician, bibliophile and a coffee and tea aficionado. She also likes singing, cats, and to make all kinds of sweet treats.

John Wilson and the CBSO present British classics with a difference