Well-known music for string orchestra at the picturesque Royal Hospital Chelsea

By Billie Hylton, 26 October 2012

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Reviewed at The Royal Hospital Chelsea, Chapel, London on 24 October 2012

Holst, St Paul's Suite, Op.29 no.2

Barber, Adagio for Strings, Op.11

Warlock, Capriol Suite

Vivaldi, The Four Seasons (Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione), Op.8 no. 1-4

London Serenata

Magdalena Filipczak, Violin

William Vann, Conductor

Parry's Judith superbly performed at the Royal Festival Hall

Mark Valencia, 3rd April

The 20th century completely passed Parry's Judith by completely... and it isn't difficult to see why.

***11

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

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

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

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Billie Hylton

Billie is a keen music student in London, and a former Bachtrack intern. She started piano lessons and singing at the age of four and is still doing both regularly. She sings in Ralph Allwood’s Rodolfus Choir and has a particular interest in Benjamin Britten.