Bromley Symphony Orchestra make Bruckner 8 big in Beckenham

By Ken Ward, 26 March 2013

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Reviewed at Langley Park Boys School: Centre for the Performing Arts, Beckenham on 16 March 2013

Suk, Pohadka (Fairy Tale) music to drama Radúz and Mahulena, Op.16: Suite

Mahler, Rückert-Lieder

Dvořák, Symphony no. 7 in D minor, Op.70

Laurence Meikle, Baritone

Bromley Symphony Orchestra

Adrian Brown, Conductor

Full fathom five: Peter Grimes at La Fenice

Elena Luporini, 24th June

Finally reaching the stage of the Venetian theatre, Benjamin Britten's first major opera meets with success thanks to Juraj Valčuha's conducting, Paul Curran's staging and an excellent cast.

*****

Puccini's La rondine is back in her nest in Naples

Lorenzo Fiorito, 16th October

One of Puccini's less renowned works returns to the Teatro San Carlo after over thirty years away.

****1

A solid Traviata closes the San Carlo season in Naples

Lorenzo Fiorito, 5th October

A production apt for audiences who prefer a traditional, intimate staging of the most often performed of all operatic works.

***11

The Swedish King is back in Naples for Un ballo in maschera

Lorenzo Fiorito, 22nd February

An impressive performance of Verdi's masterpiece Un ballo in maschera based on of the original libretto.

*****

An updated Margherita d'Anjou in Martina Franca

Pia Maltri, 2nd August

The performance of Margherita d’Anjou seen at the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca was the first staged in modern times.

****1

Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

**111

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Ken Ward

Ken Ward spent most of his working life driving buses for Eastern National and London Buses. With a life-long enthusiasm for the works of Bruckner, he became editor of The Bruckner Journal in 2005 and was awarded The Bruckner Society of America 'Kilenyi' Medal of Honor in 2011.