Tag: Barbican Hall
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Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Barbican review ***/***
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor) Barbican Hall, 2nd May and 4th May 2018 Esa-Pekka Salonen – Pollux Edgar Varese – Ameriques Shostakovich – Symphony No 5 Beethoven – Symphony No 9 “Choral” Canny students of architecture will realise that the pic above is not of the Barbican. The…
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Beethoven and Shostakovich from the LSO at the Barbican review ****
London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda, Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Barbican Hall, 8th April 2018 Beethoven – Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58 Shostakovich – Symphony No 8 in C minor, Op 65 I could be imagining it but the LSO seems to be notching up a gear, from its…
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BBC Symphony Orchestra and Vilde Frang at the Barbican Hall review ****
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, Vilde Frang (violin) Barbican Hall, 21st March 2018 Anna Clyne – This Midnight Hour Benjamin Britten – Violin Concerto, Op 15 Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No 6 in F major “Pastoral”, Op 68 The Violin Concerto is one of those Britten pieces that takes…
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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican review *****
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, Yefim Bronfman (piano) Barbican Hall, 24th November 2017 Beethoven – Piano Concerto No 4 Prokofiev – Symphony No 5 Concertgebouw, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony, Chicago Symphony. These are the orchestras usually held up as the world’s best. The smart money though also…
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Stockhausen’s Stimmung at the Barbican ****
Singcircle Barbican Hall, 20th November 2017 Jacqueline Barron – soprano Zoe Freedman – soprano Heather Cairncross – mezzo-soprano Guy Elliott – tenor Angus Smith – tenor Gregory Rose – bass/director Robert Henke – laser artist Kathinka Pasveer – sound projection Stephen Montague – assistant sound projection Reinhard Klose – sound…
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Stravinsky from Rattle and the LSO at the Barbican review *****
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Barbican Hall, 24th September 2017 Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird (original ballet) Igor Stravinsky – Petrushka (1947 version) Igor Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring So here is is. The second coming. Sir Simon Rattle kicks off his tenure at the helm of the…
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Monteverdi Vespers at the Barbican Hall review *****
The Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of the AAM, Robert Howarth, Louise Alder, Rowan Pierce, Thomas Hobbs, Charles Daniels Barbican Hall, 23rd June 2017 It was the Academy of Ancient Music and its choir performing Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers. It was bound to get 5 stars. If you have spent your…
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Murray Perahia at the Barbican Hall review ***
Murray Perahia Barbican Hall, 11th June 2017 J S Bach – French Suite No 6 in E major, BWV 817 Schubert – 4 Impromptus Op 142, D 935 Mozart – Rondo in A minor, K 511 Beethoven -Sonata No 32 in C minor, Op 111 Murray Perahia is a great…
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Britten Sinfonia and Thomas Ades at the Barbican Hall *****
Britten Sinfonia, Thomas Ades Barbican Hall, 6th June 2017 Gerard Barry – Chevaux-de-frise Beethoven – Symphony No 3 in E Flat Major. Op 55 “Eroica” That Beethoven eh. Too busy being a genius to get a decent haircut. Another reason why he is my sort of bloke. I have raved…
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Britten Sinfonia and Thomas Ades at the Barbican Hall *****
Britten Sinfonia, Thomas Ades, Mark Stone Barbican Hall, 2nd June 2017 Gerard Barry – Beethoven Beethoven – Symphony No 1 in C Major, Op 21 Beethoven – Symphony No 2 in D, Op 36 After the chamber concert earlier in the week reviewed here – Britten Sinfonia and Thomas Ades at…
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