BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Tom Coult: Pieces That Disappear album review – strikingly rooted and assured works from young composer

This distinctive collection brings cabaret, country dances and a streak of melancholy to bear

Erica Jeal

21, Nov, 2024 @3:00 PM

Grace Williams: Orchestral Works album review – vivid playing and striking drama

Vienna and Vaughan Williams are among the Welsh composer’s influences, but these orchestral pieces also show off her own distinctive style

Andrew Clements

17, Oct, 2024 @4:44 PM

Prom 25: BBC Philharmonic/Storgårds review – the best new work of the season?

The centrepiece of a programme of Schumann, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky was Hans Abrahamsen’s seamlessly inventive Horn Concerto, played immaculately by Stefan Dohr

Andrew Clements

08, Aug, 2024 @11:57 AM

The week in classical: Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra; Three Choirs festival; Prom 16 – review

Solidarity with Ukraine resounded with every note of an emotionally charged performance of Beethoven’s Ninth

Fiona Maddocks

03, Aug, 2024 @12:00 PM

Gerhard: Don Quixote; Suite from Alegrías; Pedrelliana review – Mena

Juanjo Mena brings out the flair for instrumental colour in Roberto Gerhard’s early works

Andrew Clements

25, Jul, 2024 @1:30 PM

Stravinsky: Violin Concerto album review – neoclassical Stravinsky with style and substance

The Apollo ballet and the Violin concerto are the lead works in this collection recorded by conductor Andrew Davis and violinist James Ehnes

Andrew Clements

11, Jan, 2024 @5:25 PM

BBC Philharmonic/Storgårds review – a life-affirming programme from an orchestra firing on all cylinders

From James Lee III’s vivid exploration of Martin Luther King to an electrifying performance of Nielsen’s fourth, this was an evening to lift even the most downtrodden spirits

Clive Paget

26, Nov, 2023 @2:00 PM

The week in classical: Manchester Classical; Alice Sara Ott and Friends: Quartet for the End of Time – review

The Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata and Manchester Collective join forces in an enticing new weekender for their home city. Elsewhere, breathless, barefoot revelations with Messiaen

Fiona Maddocks

01, Jul, 2023 @11:30 AM

BBC changes course on proposed cuts to English orchestras

Corporation says it will work with union to find alternatives to 20% reduction in roles

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

13, Apr, 2023 @11:14 AM

There is no one with power to fight for classical music at the BBC now. It’s as if Herod runs the creche | Paul Hughes

Savage cuts suggest a cadre of bosses has forgotten what public service broadcasting is, says Paul Hughes, former director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the BBC Singers

Paul Hughes

14, Mar, 2023 @10:00 AM