Balloons, Lang Lang and Jerusalem: it must be The Last Night of the Proms

Par David Karlin, 11 septembre 2011

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Critique faite à Royal Albert Hall, Londres, le 10 septembre 2011

Davies, Musica benevolens (Musicians Benevolent Fund commission: world premiere)

Bartók, Le Mandarin merveilleux, Op.19: suite

Wagner, Crépuscule des dieux (Götterdämmerung): Immolation de Brünnhilde

Liszt, Concerto pour piano no. 1 en mi bémol majeur, S 124

Chopin, Grande Polonaise Brillante en mi bémol majeur pour piano et orchestre, Op.22

Grainger, Mo Nighean Dubh (My Dark-Haired Maiden)

Britten, Le Guide de l'orchestre pour une jeune personne (The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra), Op.34

Rodgers, The Sound of Music: Climb every mountain (arr. Jackson)

Rodgers, Carousel: You'll never walk alone

Elgar, Pomp et Circumstance Marche no. 1 en ré majeur, Op.39 (Land of Hope and Glory)

Arne, Rule, Britannia!

Parry, Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)

musique traditionnelle, The British National Anthem

Lang Lang, Piano

Susan Bullock, Soprano

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Edward Gardner, Direction

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 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

UK premiere of Julia Wolfe’s unEarth impresses on scale, not substance

Susannah Moody, 23rd January

Wolfe's climate-change oratorio, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, already feels out of date.

**111

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.