BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis obituary
One of Britain’s greatest conductors widely admired for leading the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms
Barry Millington
22, Apr, 2024 @1:51 PM
Sir Andrew Davis, ex-chief conductor of BBC Symphony Orchestra, dies aged 80
Musician had held top roles at Glyndebourne opera and in Chicago, Melbourne and Toronto orchestras
Mark Brown
21, Apr, 2024 @4:45 PM
Let There Be Light review – MacMillan’s monumental work needs a monumental space
The centrepiece of a thoughtfully curated programme examining light and loss, James MacMillan conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the UK premiere of his 2020 choral work Fiat Lux
Erica Jeal
18, Mar, 2024 @1:43 PM
Song from the Uproar review – Missy Mazzoli’s first opera is dazzlingly original
The culmination of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion day exploring the US composer’s music, her first opera was obliquely staged but proved poetic and potent
Clive Paget
26, Feb, 2024 @12:20 PM
BBCSO/Kahchun Wong review – hints of musical adventure to come
The Singaporean conductor, soon to head the Hallé, chose a Shostakovich symphony for his London debut, along with two Japanese pieces forming a timely tribute to the late Seiji Ozawa
Andrew Clements
11, Feb, 2024 @3:14 PM
Bevan/BBCSO/Wigglesworth review – intensely personal and panoramic Magnificat from husband and wife team
Conducting his own setting, dedicated to wife and soloist Sophie Bevan, Ryan Wigglesworth captured the scale and scope of a text that spans ‘the history and future of humanity’. Bevan was also glorious in a tantalising fragment of Monteverdi
Andrew Clements
17, Dec, 2023 @12:44 PM
BBCSO/Oramo review – the freshness Oramo brought to Sibelius was a joyous revelation
Sakari Oramo presented the Finnish composer’s enigmatic Sixth symphony and the majestic Seventh as a single span in a concert that also included the UK premiere of Tebogo Monnakgotla’s Globe Skimmer Surfing the Somali Jet with violinist Johan Dalene
Andrew Clements
10, Dec, 2023 @3:31 PM
Berg: Wozzeck; Stravinsky: Capriccio album review – commemorating an ardent champion of European music
Recordings from the 40s, made available for the first time, feature postwar stars Heinrich Nillius and Suzanne Danco, their voices techincally impressive to this day
Andrew Clements
16, Nov, 2023 @3:00 PM
Bacewicz: Symphonies 3 & 4 album review – Oramo is a passionate advocate
Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO revel in the expert orchestrations of Grażyna Bacewicz’s music in this first instalment of recordings of the Polish composer’s orchestral works
Andrew Clements
02, Nov, 2023 @2:30 PM
BBCSO/Oramo review – a fresh take on Mahler’s Fifth
Sakari Oramo proved once again what a special Mahlerian he is with this outstanding performance, in a programme that also featured an early Ligeti work and the UK premiere of an underwhelming orchestral piece by Dora Pejačević
Andrew Clements
08, Oct, 2023 @2:31 PM
The week in classical: Prom 64: Les Troyens; Prom 65: Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony; Proms 62 & 63: The Rite by Heart– review
With a stand-in conductor and a stellar cast, Berlioz’s monumental opera came into its own at the Proms; the BBC Symphony Orchestra let Bruckner’s colours unfurl; and Aurora’s Stravinsky played from memory proved unforgettable
Fiona Maddocks
09, Sep, 2023 @11:30 AM
Prom 51: BBCSO/Oramo review – Tetzlaff’s Elgar is as good as one could wish
The violinist gave a masterly performance of Elgar’s violin concerto, well matched by a responsive Sakari Oramo. Judith Weir’s nature-filled Begin Afresh, receiving its premiere, was evocative and full of ideas
Martin Kettle
25, Aug, 2023 @3:02 PM
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