Gramophone – September 2019

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accountofMahler’sFifth,Bruckner’s

FifthunderSimoneYoungand,fresh

fromitsPromspremiere,Finnish

composerOutiTarkiainen’sMidnight

SunVariationsunderPrincipal

GuestConductorJohnStorgårds,

ina concertthatalsoincludes

theUKpremiereofKaleviAho’s

ThereminConcerto.

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BBCScottishSymphonyOrchestra

ThomasDausgaardpresidesover

a seasonthatwillincludea world

premierefromhiscompatriotBent

Sørensenanda newworkforthe

violinistPekkaKuusistobyEnrico

Chapela.Theorchestra’sprincipal

hornplayerAlbertoMenéndez

EscribanowilljoinStuartJackson

forBritten’sSerenadeforTenor,

HornandStringswhileconcerts

dedicatedtoHeinzHolligerand

musicfromWagner’sRingsurround

theorchestra’sirsttourtoJapan.

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BBCSingers

SoiJeanninentershersecond

seasonasChiefConductorofthe

BBCSingers,openingwitha concert

thatpivotsonMessiaen’sCinq

Rechantsandalsoincludesworks

byErkki-SvenTüürandJudithWeir.

Elsewhere,BenPalmerconducts

aneveningofGeraldBarry’smusic

includinghisdelicatepsalmsetting

O LordHowVain, andSchott& Sons,

Mainz,hisabsurd,dramatictakeon

Beethoven’sletterstohispublisher.

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BBCSymphonyOrchestra

BritishoperasbookendtheBBCSO’s

seasonattheBarbican,whichopens

witha rareconcertperformance

ofWilliamAlwyn’soperabasedon

Strindberg’sMissJulieandendswith

theirstUKperformanceofJoby

Talbot’sEverest. Theorchestrasalutes

theBeethovenanniversarywith

theUKpremiereofPulitzerPrize-

winningcomposerDavidLang’s

concert-operaPrisoneroftheState,

inspiredbyBeethoven’sFidelio

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BournemouthSymphony

Orchestra

Inhis11thseasonattheBSO,Kirill

Karabitssteerstheorchestrathough

masterpiecesfromthreecenturies

includinga concertperformanceof

Strauss’sElektrastarringCatherine

Foster.Hewillalsoexplorethecultural

inluencesofWeimarandconduct

hisirstMessiahwiththeorchestra.

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BrittenSinfonia

TheCambridge-basedorchestra

exploreswhatit meanstobe

a refugeewitha newsong-cycle

byMark-AnthonyTurnage,sung

byAllanClayton.Therewillbe

a performanceofBritten’sCurlew

RiverfeaturingIanBostridge,and

aneveningofmusicfortrumpet

andorchestrafromPurcellto

BirtwistleviaScarlatti,withsoloist

AlisonBalsom.

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CadoganHall

TheconcerthallinSW1hoststhe

BournemouthSymphonyOrchestra,

theGuyBarkerJazzOrchestra,

TrinityLabanSymphonyOrchestra

andmorethisseason.Theresident

RoyalPhilharmonicOrchestra

opensitsChelseaseasonwithKian

Soltani’sperformanceofElgar’sCello

ConcertounderJiříRožeň,whoalso

conductsDvořák’sSymphonyNo 8

andSmetana’sMávlast.

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CityofBirminghamSymphony

Orchestra

It’sa bigyearfortheCBSOasit

celebratesitscentenaryseason.

MirgaGražinytė-Tylaopens

proceedingswithTippett’sA Child

ofOurTimeandBritten’sSinfonia

daRequiem; lateron,shetackles

Mahler’sSymphonyofa Thousand

andBrahms– hissymphonies

andtheGermanRequiem.

SoloistsincludeAlisonBalsom

andPiotrAnderszewski.

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CityofLondonSinfonia

TheseasonkicksoinOctoberwith

‘TheFruitofSilence’,a choraltourof

cathedralsacrosstheUK.Another

themedprogramme,‘InPlaceand

Time:BrittenandTSEliot’comesto

SouthwarkCathedralonNovember

20,interspersingBritten’sFrank

BridgeVariations,CanticleVand

SerenadeforTenor,Hornand

StringswithreadingsofTSEliot’s

poems.Theliteraryconnection

continuesinDecemberattheQEH,

witha retellingofScheherazadeby

authorsfromdierentbackgrounds.

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ClassicalOpera&TheMozartists

IanPage’scompanyopensits

seasononSeptember 19 at

WigmoreHallwitha concert

ofMozartarias,performedby

sopranoRegulaMühlemann,and

Haydn’sSymphoniesNos6 and80.

Otherhighlightsincludeconcert

performancesofCosìfantuttein

London,BirminghamandSicilyin

November,a ‘Mozartin Italy’weekend

atCadoganHallinMarch,and

‘Mozart’sCzechMates’inJulyatthe

Wigmore.TheMozartistsmaketheir

debutatLaSeineMusicaleinParis

inJune2020,ina programmeof

MozartandHaydn’sLondonworks.

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EnglishNationalOpera

MostrecentArtisticDirector

DanielKramerbowsoutofENO

withhisownproductionofHarrison

Birtwistle’sTheMaskofOrpheus

conductedbyMartynBrabbins.

OtherhighlightsincludeBarbora

HorákováJoly’snewproduction

ofLuisaMiller, a mouthwatering

pairingofCorrineWintersandDavid

ButtPhilipinRusalkaanda revival

oftheever-bankableJonathanMiller

productionofTheMikado.

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EnglishTouringOpera

ETO’sautumntourtrucktrundles

fromtheHackneyEmpireto

Bath,Buxton,Durham,Aldeburgh,

LancasterandSaronWalden

throughoutOctoberandNovember,

takingwithit productionsofMozart’s

TheAbductionfromtheSeraglio

andKurtWeill’sTheSilverLake.

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HalléOrchestra

TheHallé’sBeethovencelebrations

includea completesymphonycycle

sharedwiththeBBCPhilharmonic

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PHOTOGRAPHY:

BENJAMIN EALOVEGA

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in a spectacular centenary celebration this season