Tag Archives: BBCSO

Alexander Vedernikov and the BBCSO take a troika ride through the snow

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Vedernikov/ BBCSO Barbican, 18th December 2019 Dreaming of a White Christmas? Just a week to go and not a single flake of snow has fallen on London, so there’s no imminent threat of travel chaos at the merest hint of … Continue reading →

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Alwyn’s Miss Julie rescued from the operatic desert

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Alwyn: Miss Julie Oramo/ BBCSO, Barbican, 3rd october 2019 “Crazy, utterly crazy!” No, not Miss Julie’s outrageous behaviour, dancing and cavorting with the servants on Midsummer’s Eve, but that William Alwyn’s operatic take on August Strindberg’s play could have been … Continue reading →

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Soulful Weinberg from Sol Gabetta and the BBCSO

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Prom 25: Stasevska/ BBCSO Royal Albert Hall, 6th August 2019 The resurgence of interest in the music of Mieczysław Weinberg continues apace. His harrowing opera The Passenger is becoming more widely appreciated; Gidon Kremer has been banging the Weinberg drum … Continue reading →

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Prom 51: Hearty Elgar from Oramo and the BBCSO

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

BBCSO/ Oramo *** Prom 51, Royal Albert Hall, 22nd August 2017 Is traditional English pub grub popular in Helsinki? Perhaps Sakari Oramo got a taste for it during his Birmingham years for there was something “stout and steaky” – to borrow the … Continue reading →

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Prom 29: Twilight of the Old Believers as Semyon Bychkov leads a majestic Khovanshchina

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina **** Prom 29, Royal Albert Hall, 6th August 2017 At the end of Götterdämmerung, Brünnhilde rides her horse onto a pyre. Although his opera’s not quite as long, Mussorgsky trumps Wagner by sending a whole chorus to their immolation as Act … Continue reading →

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