Partygoers, pomp and Paddington Bear

Par Rohan Shotton, 13 septembre 2016

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“that king of all end-of-term parties”

Critique faite à Royal Albert Hall, Londres, le 10 septembre 2016

Harrold, Raze (BBC commission: world premiere)

Butterworth, The Banks of Green Willow

Borodine, Prince Igor: Danses polovtsiennes

Rossini, La Cenerentola (Cinderella): "Si, ritrovarla io giuro!"

Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima

Offenbach, La Belle Hélène: Au mont Ida, trois Déesses

Britten, Matinées musicales pour orchestre (d'après Rossini), Op.24

Dove, Our revels now are ended

Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music

Donizetti, La Fille du régiment: Ah! mes amis

Inconnu, Latin American Medley

Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’)

Wood, Fantasia on British Sea Songs

Arne, Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)

Parry, Jerusalem (orch. Elgar )

Inconnu, The National Anthem (arr. Britten)

musique traditionnelle, Auld Lang Syne

Juan Diego Flórez, Ténor

Francesca Chiejina, Soprano

Eve Daniell, Soprano

Lauren Fagan, Soprano

Alison Rose, Soprano

Claire Barnett-Jones, Mezzo-soprano

Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Mezzo-soprano

Anna Harvey, Mezzo-soprano

Katie Stevenson, Mezzo-soprano

Trystan Llŷr Griffiths, Ténor

Oliver Johnston, Ténor

Joshua Owen Mills, Ténor

James Way, Ténor

Bragi Jónsson, Basse

Benjamin Lewis, Basse

James Newby, Basse

Bradley Travis, Baryton

BBC Proms Youth Ensemble

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sakari Oramo, 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, Yeol Eum Son and the BBC Symphony in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 26th March

Yeol Eum Son’s Britten Piano Concerto formed the evening’s centre of gravity, played with lucid line, structural command and sudden fire. In Brahms’ Second Symphony, Sakari Oramo found conviction, proportion and a warmth that felt earned rather than applied.

****1

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

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Rohan Shotton

Rohan has reviewed concerts and opera across the UK and Europe, but chiefly in Manchester, where he enjoys conducting and playing percussion and piano. He works as a hospital doctor, having studied in St Andrews and Manchester, and tweets as @RohanShotton.

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