Flexibility, telepathy and perhaps a miracle: Widmann and the CBSO

Par Simon Cummings, 11 mai 2023

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“a single, empathetic vision with the intensity of a laser”

Critique faite à Symphony Hall, Birmingham, le 10 mai 2023

Weber, Quintette avec clarinette en si bémol majeur, Op.34 (arr for orchestra)

Widmann, Con brio, ouverture de concert pour orchestre

Widmann, Drei Schattentänze für Klarinette solo (Three Shadow Dances for solo clarinet)

Beethoven, Symphonie no. 7 en la majeur, Op.92

Jörg Widmann, Direction, Clarinette

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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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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.

Flexibility, telepathy and perhaps a miracle: Jörg Widmann and the CBSO