Prom 6: Impressive and inspiring Anglo-American cooperation

Par Nick Boston, 24 juillet 2019

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“Gardner held the disparate elements of this complex piece together with clarity”

Critique faite à Royal Albert Hall, Londres, le 22 juillet 2019

Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Metacosmos (UK premiere)

Britten, Violin Concerto

Bach, Violin sonata no. 2 in A minor, BWV1003: Andante

Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring

Knussen, Flourish with Fireworks, Op.22

James Ehnes, Violon

Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music and The Juilliard School

Edward Gardner, Direction

The Royal Academy's Carmen has too many what-if moments

Dominic Lowe, 18th November

Presenting a work like Carmen is a punchy move by a conservatoire. The Royal Academy of Music's production has conceptual weaknesses, but features some good singing.

***11

Royal Academy Opera stages a magical Zauberflöte

Mark Valencia, 18th March

A lyrical yet zesty account of Mozart's' adorable score, in a production that is on the nose and off the wall.

****1

A dystopian Hansel und Gretel at the RAM

Mark Valencia, 20th November

Jack Furness serves up an unappetising mess of Humperdinck's delicious masterpiece for Royal Academy Opera.

***11

Celebratory Mahler 3 from the The Royal Academy of Music and Bychkov

Roy Westbrook, 23rd June

The Royal Academy of Music marks its 200th anniversary with Mahler's all-embracing Third Symphony, a work that fills both the evening and the concert platform.

****1

Grimaud et le LPO face à l’insoluble équation brahmsienne au TCE

Erwan Gentric, 15th November

Après un Premier Concerto peu concertant et un peu raide sous la baguette d'Edward Gardner, le London Philharmonic Orchestra a paru nettement plus décomplexé dans une Première Symphonie convaincante.

***11

Un vent de jeunesse a illuminé les ors du Victoria Hall de Genève

Thomas Muller, 9th November

Une bien belle soirée qui offrit au public « The Infant Minstrel and His Peculiar Menagerie » plein de malice et de jeunes talents vocaux, un Vadim Gluzman Royal et un Orchestre de la Suisse Romande rutilant sous la baguette inspirante d’Edward Gardner.

****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.