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Power and precision: BBC Philharmonic’s bold but unbalanced Stravinsky and Adams

John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
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Katherine Tinker and Tamara Stefanovich
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“much of the evening’s subtlety was lost beneath sheer volume”
Reviewed at Royal Northern College of Music: Concert Hall, Manchester on 1 May 2026
Stravinsky, Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Adams, Grand Pianola Music
John Storgårds, Conductor
Tamara Stefanovich, Piano
Katherine Tinker, Piano
Wagner and Strauss from Sarah Wegener and the BBC Philharmonic
****1
Watery worlds, rhythmic fire from Brauß and Hickox with the BBC
****1
BBC Phil's Bluebeard's Castle eclipsed by Boulanger and Kodály
****1
Questions, answers and city nights: Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic
****1
John Storgårds leads the BBC Philharmonic through Shostakovich
****1
Thunderous Mahler from Elena Schwarz and the BBC Philharmonic
****1
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