Prom 14: Revelatory insights

By Tom Hancox, 27 July 2011

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 25 July 2011

Mahler, Symphony no. 9 in D major

it is now called SWR Symphony Orchestra} Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra{do not use for listings

Sir Roger Norrington, Conductor

Romanticism not admitted: Norrington's Beethoven and Dvořák

David Karlin, 3rd September

The programme for Prom 62 featured two well loved symphonies. But anyone expecting familiarity was in for a shock: Sir Roger Norrington has highly individual views on this music.

***11

Sir Roger, over and out: Norrington bids a fond farewell with Haydn

Mark Pullinger, 18th November

After decades as a period instrument revolutionary, the 87-year old conductor bows out with “Dr Haydn's London Academy”, an entertaining recreation of concert-going in the 1790s.

****1

Roll over Beethoven! Sir Roger Norrington parties like it’s 1985

Mark Pullinger, 28th January

Norrington was at the forefront of the period instrument revolution in Beethoven performance practice. Here, he returned to the Queen Elizabeth Hall with two major key symphonies.

***11

Norrington and LPO provide emotion and insight in Dido and Aeneas

Mark Thomas, 30th January

Sir Roger Norrington and a strong cast joined a Baroque-style London Philharmonic Orchestra in a highly accomplished Dido and Aeneas, preceded by Handel’s clean and stately Water Music.

*****

Dr Norrington's marvellous Mozart at the QEH

Dominic Lowe, 11th April

Sir Roger Norrington's all-Mozart feast was a joyous evening dedicated solely to playing as the composer and his audience would have recognised it. His affable introduction and the OAE's superb playing made a splendid evening.

****1

Norrington and the SWR in heroic vein

Alexander Hall, 16th March

An overture, a concerto and a symphony by the incomparable Beethoven delivered with heroic commitment by the SWR Symphony Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington and Francesco Piemontesi.

****1

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Tom Hancox

Graduating with a double-first from St Peter's College, Oxford, Thomas is a flautist who has performed with Trevor Pinnock, the Allegri and Sacconi Quartets, and the London Handel Orchestra. Formerly the Junior Editor of the British Flute Society's journal, he now acts as Ambassadors' Co-ordinator for Cavatina.