Tag Archives: Elgar

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts a riveting Weinberg Third Symphony

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Prom 46: Gražinytė-Tyla/ City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Royal Albert Hall, 22nd August 2019 Mieczysław Weinberg’s centenary hasn’t attracted the most lavish of celebrations at the BBC Proms, but what little that has been programmed has turned out to be … Continue reading →

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From the Vltava to the Elbe: triumphant Bamberg in Hamburg

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Hrůša/ Bamberg Symphony Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, 28th May 2019 A pair of flutes flicker and ripple, soon joined by burbling clarinets, with pizzicato glints of sunlight on water. A string theme swells and falls, meandering on its way. Smetana’s Vltava must … 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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As English as roast beef: Nézet-Séguin and L’Orchestre Métropolitain bring Elgar to Paris

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Orchestre Métropolitain/ Nézet-Séguin **** Philharmonie, Paris, 3rd December 2017 It’s always interesting to hear non-English orchestras and conductors playing Elgar. Daniel Barenboim, for example, has established a strong tradition with his Staatskapelle Berlin, as heard at the BBC Proms this summer. Here … 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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