Prom 38: The NYO celebrate the Royal Philharmonic Society at 200 with Beethoven and Turnage

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 13 August 2013

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 11 August 2013

Vaughan Williams, Toward the Unknown Region

Turnage, Frieze (BBC co-commission with the Royal Philharmonic Society and the New York Philharmonic, world première)

Beethoven, Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125

Ailish Tynan, Soprano

Jennifer Johnston, Mezzo-soprano

Toby Spence, Tenor

Gerald Finley, Baritone

Codetta

Irish Youth Chamber Choir

National Youth Choir of Great Britain

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

Vasily Petrenko, Conductor

Green shoots: the National Youth Orchestra at the Proms

Dominic Lowe, 5th August

Prieto conducted the young musicians in three compositions from the 1940s which showed the budding talent to which we have to look forward.

***11

Memento mori: The NYOGB in Britten and Shostakovich

Alexander Hall, 5th January

Jaime Martín leads his valiant National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain players through revolutionary songs and the shadow of death in two leading 20th-century composers.

***11

Prom 32: Summer adventures from the NYO USA and Pappano

Kevin W Ng, 11th August

The National Youth Orchestra of the USA present a monumental programme of Strauss and Berlioz.

****1

A sinister Bluebeard's Castle from the NYOGB

Peter Connors, 5th January

A thrilling concert by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conducted by Sir Mark Elder culminated in a sinister and atmospheric performance of Duke Bluebeard's Castle.

*****

Hammered home: the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Matthew Rye, 17th December

The concluding concert in the Amsterdammers’ brief Barbican residency mixed youthful promise with a programme that seemed to sum up 2016’s angst and fears.

****1

Prom 29: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

Penny Homer, 6th August

The space-themed Prom 29 matches old favourites with new works in joyous performances.

****1

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.