Tag Archives: Nicholas Collon

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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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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Shrill frenzy: fierce Walton from Nicholas Collon and the Philharmonia

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Walton, Vaughan Williams, Ravel: Philharmonia/Collon *** Royal Festival Hall, 1st December 2016 Breaking up is hard to do. If his First Symphony is anything to go by, William Walton took it particularly badly. A turbulent love affair with his mistress, … Continue reading →

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