Dreams and elusive shades: Dutilleux at The Lighthouse

By Mike Allen, 21 January 2016

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“where Baudelaire wrote of “songes”, Queyras duly gave us dreams”

Reviewed at Lighthouse, Poole on 20 January 2016

Dutilleux, Tout un monde lointain, concerto for cello and orchestra

Bach, Cello Sonata no. 2 in D major, BWV1028: Sarabande

Tchaikovsky, Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op.58

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Kirill Karabits, Conductor

Jean-Guihen Queyras, Cello

Ning Feng’s Korngold is not quite a “Hollywood hit” in Poole

David Truslove, 26th November

Sian Edwards takes the helm of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Britten, Korngold and Dvořák, with mixed results.

***11

A Prom of two halves: Mark Wigglesworth and the Bournemouth SO

Leighton Jones, 20th July

The BSO play a trio of 20th-century greats — Ravel and Shostakovich both taking inspiration from the age of jazz, while Walton’s First Symphony provides contrast.

***11

Die Fledermaus at The Grange: Cabaret meets G&S

David Karlin, 20th June

A fine singing cast gives creditable performances in Johann Stauss II's most famous operetta, but Paul Curran's updating of Act 2 to 1930s Berlin takes the fizz out of the Champagne.

***11

Alena Baeva delivers transcendent Berg at The Anvil

David Truslove, 25th January

Polished playing and inspirational performances in Basingstoke that underline the exciting relationship between Mark Wigglesworth and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

*****

The Rake's Progress at The Grange: richly entertaining

David Karlin, 23rd June

Singing performances are excellent, the staging is well crafted and Stravinsky's eclectic score entertains from start to finish. But it's an evening's opera that doesn't touch the soul.

****1

Voices from the East: a musical marathon with a gripping finish

Peter Quantrill, 19th May

Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra present a day of composers from the former Soviet republics with heroic skill and stamina.

****1

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Mike Allen

After playing second trombone in the Kent County Youth Orchestra in the late 1960s, and directing plays at university, Mike Allen became an award-winning journalist specialising in classical music and theatre reviews and interviews. Formative experiences included a summer working on a farm in Finland and absorbing the landscapes that helped to inspire the music of Sibelius – a lifelong passion – and sitting in the choir seats at the Royal Festival Hall in London, absorbing a broad repertoire while observing conductors such as a youthful Bernard Haitink and Claudio Abbado.