Osmo Vänskä ruins Sibelius and Shostakovich in Birmingham

Osmo Vänskä conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Helena Juntunen

Par Simon Cummings, 20 novembre 2025

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Critique faite à Symphony Hall, Birmingham, le 19 novembre 2025

Sibelius, Karelia Suite pour orchestre, Op.11

Sibelius, Höstkväll (Autumn Evening), Op.38 no.1

Sibelius, Hertig Magnus, Op.57 no.6

Sibelius, Våren flyktar hastigt, Op.13 no.4

Sibelius, Barden (The Bard), symphonic poem for orchestra, Op.64

Sibelius, Luonnotar, poème symphonique pour soprano et orchestre, Op.70

Chostakovitch, Symphonie no. 15 en la majeur, Op.141

Helena Juntunen, Soprano

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä, 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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Carlo Rizzi brings Respighi’s Rome to Birmingham

Robert Gainer, 15th April

Carlos Rizzi believes that Puccini’s orchestrations are good enough to stand alone, without their vocal lines, but can the drama compete with the romance of Respighi?

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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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Simon Cummings

Simon Cummings is a composer, writer and researcher based in the Cotswolds. He composes instrumental and electronic music, exploring aspects of algorithmic composition, and has recently completed a Ph.D. in composition at the Birmingham Conservatoire under the supervision of Richard Causton and Howard Skempton. His musical tastes are ludicrously broad but are focused most on contemporary/avant-garde classical and electronic music. When not composing, he writes regularly about new music; Simon is the author of the contemporary music blog 5:4 (5against4.com), and regularly contributes articles for a variety of books, journals and websites. Follow him on Twitter @5against4.

Indifference and impatience: Osmo Vänskä ruins Sibelius and Shostakovich in Birmingham