United Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, Szymanowski, Myaskovsky: Liza Ferschtman, violin, BBC Philharmonic, CBSO Chorus / Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 1.2.2020. (RBa)
Sinaisky and the BBC Phil look East from Manchester
Rob Barnett
BBC Phil’s music of Vaughan Williams at Salford Quays: thirty years apart
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams: BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 14.1.2020. (RBa)
All-British BBC Philharmonic Salford concert tracking the ’fifties into the ’sixties
United Kingdom Tippett, Arnold, Gipps: Michael Collins (clarinet), BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 4.12.2019. (RBa)
Brian Northcott retires with festive Shostakovich, serene Elgar, and demanding Bax
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Elgar, Bax: Kristiana Ignatjeva (cello), Exeter Symphony Orchestra / Brian Northcott (conductor). United Reformed Church, Southernhay, Exeter, Devon, 30.11.2019. (RBa)
Tragedy, fairy-tales and childhood visions from Yorkshire’s Todmorden Orchestra
United Kingdom Malcolm Arnold, Stravinsky, Mahler: Thérèse Wincent (soprano), Todmorden Orchestra / Nicholas Concannon Hodges (conductor). Todmorden Town Hall, Calderdale, 16.11.2019. (RBa)
2019 Autumn English Music Festival from 27 to 29 September
2019 AUTUMN ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL – AYSGARTH, NORTH YORKSHIRE
This year’s Northern complement to the Dorchester-on-Thames English Music Festival takes place once more in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales in St Andrew’s Church, Aysgarth, Leyburn DL8 3SR near the famous Falls. The programme over the weekend of 27-29 September 2019 is again confined (and ‘confined’ that is not really the word) to chamber music events.
Radius Opera premieres Benjamin’s The Fire of Olympus in Burnley
United Kingdom Tim Benjamin’s The Fire of Olympus (or, On Sticking It To The Man): Soloists and Orchestra (harpsichord: Alex Robinson) of Radius Opera / Ellie Slorach (conductor). Burnley Mechanics, Manchester Road, Burnley, 14.9.2019 (RBa)
Todmorden Orchestra Ebullient in Strauss and Rachmaninoff
United Kingdom Stravinsky, R. Strauss, Rachmaninoff: Paula Sides (soprano), Todmorden Orchestra / Nicholas Concannon Hodges (conductor). Todmorden Town Hall, Calderdale, 29.6.2019. (RBa)