Tag Archives: Aurora Orchestra

Aurora takes a trip with Berlioz

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Prom 72: Collon/ Aurora Orchestra Royal Albert Hall, 12th September 2019 “You take a trip, you wind up screaming at your own funeral.” Leonard Bernstein’s legendary description of the opium-fuelled drama of the Symphonie fantastique at one of his Young … Continue reading →

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Paradise Regained: a heavenly evening with Aurora

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Collon/ Aurora Orchestra Kings Place, 5th April 2019 “Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear.” This quotation, an evocative description of God from Book 3 of Milton’s Paradise Lost, intrigued composer Missy Mazzoli, who writes “I love the impossibility of … Continue reading →

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John Copley directs a peach of an Albert Herring for Grange Festival

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Britten: Albert Herring **** Grange Festival, 25th June 2017 With a combined age of 161 years, John Copley and Steuart Bedford certainly bring ample experience to Grange Festival’s new production of Britten’s Albert Herring. As a youngster, Copley played the apprentice in Peter Grimes, while his … Continue reading →

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Listen with Aurora: an exploration of childhood at Kings Place

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

L’Enfance: Aurora Orchestra/Collon **** Kings Place, 16th December 2016 “Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin.” For all but the youngest sprogs in the audience, Fauré’s Berceuse instantly brings to mind Listen with Mother, the BBC radio programme that ran … Continue reading →

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