United Kingdom Sibelius, Reger, Ives, Antheil: Benjamin Appl (baritone) BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor), MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 27.4.2016 (RB)
Rob Barnett
Finnish Specialities in Salford Courtesy of a Mexican Conductor and a British Orchestra
United Kingdom Sibelius, Saariaho, Rautavaara: Adam Walker (flute), BBC Philharmonic / Carlos Miguel Prieto (conductor), MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 9.12.2015. (RB)
I>A Gesture of Friendship Heralds the 10th Malcolm Arnold Festival
Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th October 2015, Royal & Derngate, Northampton)
A Gesture of Friendship Heralds the 10th Malcolm Arnold Festival
Passion, Incest, Torment and Suicide in the Royal Albert Hall: Kullervo at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 58 – Sibelius: Johanna Rusanen-Kartano (soprano), Waltteri Torikka (baritone), Polyteknikkojen Kuoro, BBC Symphony Chorus (men’s voices), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.8.2015. (RB)
Osmo Vänskä Concludes the Sibelius Symphony Cycle at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom Prom 43: Sibelius: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.8.2015. (RB)
Heatwave Sibelius at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom Prom 42: Sibelius & Finnissy: Julian Rachlin (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.8.2015. (RB)