Bangs for your Buck - The Battle Proms at Highclere Castle.

By Andrew Benson-Wilson, 02 August 2011

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Reviewed at Highclere Castle, Newbury on 30 July 2011

Beethoven, Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria (Wellington's Victory, or The Battle of Vitoria), Op.91

Tchaikovsky, 1812 Festival overture in E flat major, Op.49

Parry, Jerusalem

Arne, Rule, Britannia!

Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1 in D Major, Op.39

Holst, The Planets, Op.32: no. 4 "Jupiter"

Mozart, Horn Concerto no. 4 in E flat major, K495

Saint-Saëns, Romance in F major, Op.36

Suppé, Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry): Overture

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava nel silenzio

Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565

Traditional, She moves thro' the Fair

Waldteufel, The Skaters' Waltz

Denise Leigh, Soprano

New English Concert Orchestra

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

Nicholas McGegan brings delicacy and elegance to Mendelssohn

Erica Miner, 18th April

The Seattle Symphony offers an enchanting evening immersed in the joy and brilliance of both the young and the mature genius of Felix Mendelssohn.

****1

Wrangling the octopus: Mahler’s Ninth with Sir Simon Rattle

Chanda VanderHart, 17th April

Less a symphony, more a force of nature, Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a turbulent, yet spacious reading of Mahler's Ninth Symphony in the Musikverein.

****1

Picture postcard Spain from the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia

Phil Parker, 17th April

Vibrant, colourful music is played with every last ounce of enthusiasm as the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia rounds off its UK tour at Sheffield City Hall.

****1

Dependable Mozart and Mendelssohn from the RLPO

Glyn Mon Hughes, 16th April

Aurel Dawidziuk and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra explore darkness and light, although the drama does not always bringing the audience to the edge of its collective seat.

***11

Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams

Leighton Jones, 16th April

Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder provide an apt, if somewhat unexpected, partner to Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.

****1

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