Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – assured Bruckner and arresting Tchaikovsky mark the end of a Birmingham era

Symphony Hall, Birmingham
In her last UK concert as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s music director, Gražinytė-Tyla showed just what a fine and nuanced Bruckner interpreter she really is

Andrew Clements

12, May, 2022 @4:08 PM

The Cunning Little Vixen review – CBSO’s concert staging has care but misses vital charm

Elena Tsallagova was a feisty vixen and the CBSO’s playing under Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla was outstanding in a more matter-of-fact interpretation of Janáček’s opera than one normally hears

Andrew Clements

17, Nov, 2021 @6:28 PM

CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – Adès’ ghostly Buñuel showpiece sees the light

A centenary celebration – coming to the Proms tonight – included an Ades premiere and, 75 years after its composition, Ruth Gipps’s second symphony

Andrew Clements

05, Aug, 2021 @2:48 PM

Classical home listening: Isata Kanneh-Mason; Fretwork with Iestyn Davies; Mirga at the Proms

Kanneh-Mason’s second album is a delight; Davies and Fretwork excel in early baroque German music; and the pick of Proms week one

Fiona Maddocks

31, Jul, 2021 @11:00 AM

Play on, maestros … our pick of the BBC Proms 2021

The season may be slightly shorter than usual, but this year’s Proms will still include many tantalising pairings, several premieres and a fond farewell

Martin Kettle, Erica Jeal, Andrew Clements and Tim Ashley

27, Jul, 2021 @11:30 AM

The future of the arts: ‘The classical music world has been transfigured’

Our critic mainlines Tudor polyphony and talks to performers, conductors and composers longing for the return of communal music-making

Fiona Maddocks

21, Jun, 2020 @11:00 AM

CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – Unsuk Chin's showpiece Spira is full of flair

Two new works (Unsuk Chin and Taylor-West) had fluency and flair, and two Beethoven symphonies were both light and lucid under Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

Andrew Clements

31, Jan, 2020 @2:41 PM

CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – massed forces rise to a monumental Mahler

Mid-way through a Mahler symphony cycle, the conductor brought tremendous energy to his Eighth, with the female soloists, particularly, glorious

Andrew Clements

20, Jan, 2020 @2:15 PM

Post-Brexit Britten? The CBSO's guide to touring by Stephen Maddock

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has just returned from touring an all-British programme in Germany - possibly its last tour as a member of the EU. From new repertoire to cold beer, its chief executive offers his 10 post-Brexit touring tips

Stephen Maddock

21, Oct, 2019 @11:35 AM