Gramophone – September 2019

32 GRAMOPHONE SEPTEMBER 2019 gramophone.co.uk

memoryattheProms,Aurora

launchesitsseasonwiththesame

workatvariousvenuesandendsit

inMaywithBeethoven’sEroica, also

frommemory,ina concertwhere

Pierre-LaurentAimardwillplaythe

EmperorConcerto.Guestartists

includeAmyDickson,TomPoster

andNatalieClein.

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BBCNationalOrchestraofWales

Waleswillhaveitsfairshareof

Beethoven 250 celebrationswhen

BBCNOW recreates the composer’s

famous 1808 concert and presents

the Missa solemnis under Tadaki

Otaka. Other season highlights

include the world premiere of

Karl Jenkins’s Saxophone Concerto

with soloist Jess Gillam, and

Verdi’s Requiem under the baton

of Richard Farnes.

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BBC Philharmonic

Bridgewater Hall concerts in the

new season include Joana Carneiro’s

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Academy of Ancient Music

The Academy of Ancient Music

relects on the Beethoven 250

anniversary by combining the great

master’s music with that by one of

his most neglected contemporaries:

the Czech composer Jan Ladislav

Dussek, whose Mass in C gets its

irst airing in Britain in modern times.

Visitors over the course of the rest

of the season include Mary Bevan,

Viktoria Mullova and Jean Rondeau,

who will direct from the harpsichord.

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Academy of St Martin in the Fields

The orchestra founded by Neville

Marriner celebrates 60 years this

season, marking the anniversary on

November 12 at the Queen Elizabeth

Hall with Beethoven’s Symphony

No 5, a new work by Sally Beamish

and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto

from Artistic Director, Joshua Bell.

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Aurora

Fresh from performing Berlioz’s

Symphonie fantastique from

UNITED KINGDOM

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields with its Artistic Director, Joshua Bell; the ensemble is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a special concert at the QEH in November