Britten, Stravinsky and Rachmaninov: BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor), Barbican Concert Hall, Barbican Centre, London, 26.10.2019. (AS)
Dalia Stasevska makes a strong impression with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Alan Sanders
Salonen closes the Philharmonia’s ‘Bittersweet Metropolis’ series with another intriguing programme
United Kingdom Busoni, Weill, Berg and Hindemith: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Rebecca Nelsen (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.9.2019. (AS)
Another enterprising programme in the Philharmonia’s survey of Weimar Berlin
United Kingdom Hindemith, Bach and Berg: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.9.2019. (AS)
The NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra shows its quality at the penultimate 2019 BBC Prom
United Kingdom BBC PROM 74 – Beethoven Night: Handel, Beethoven, J S Bach: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Manze (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.9.2019. (AS)
(c) Chris Chrstodoulou
A good evening at the Proms with Andrès Orozco-Estrada and the Vienna Phiharmonic
United Kingdom BBC PROM 61 – Dvořák and Korngold: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrés Orozco-Estrada (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.9.2019. (AS)
Bramwell Tovey leads the Proms’ 150th anniversary tribute to Sir Henry Wood
United Kingdom BBC PROM 56 – Ravel, Ireland, Tabakova, Debussy, Granados, Wagner and Grainger: Leon McCawley (piano), Nathaniel Anderson-Frank (violin), BBC Concert Orchestra / Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.8.2019. (AS)
The Multi-Faceted Musicianship of Ryan Wigglesworth Showcased at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC PROM 52 – Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Wigglesworth and Stravinsky: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Britten Sinfonia / Ryan Wigglesworth (piano/conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.8.2019. (AS)
Magnificent Bruckner from the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Andris Nelsons at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC PROM 47 – Bach and Bruckner: Michael Schönheit (organ), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.8.2019. (AS)
(c) Chris Christodoulou