BBC Proms: Grimaud, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Honeck | reviews, news & interviews
BBC Proms: Grimaud, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Honeck
BBC Proms: Grimaud, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Honeck
Too much passion at the Proms proves hard to digest
Monday, 05 September 2011
Hélène Grimaud: power more often in the fire than the still, small voice
In a week that sees Proms visits from two major American orchestras, it fell to Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to raise the curtain for their blue-blooded “Big Five” colleagues the Philadelphia Orchestra. With Tchaikovsky featuring large in both programmes comparisons are only natural, and it will be interesting to see what response Thursday night offers to an energetic but at times rather unsubtle evening of music from Pennsylvania’s “other” orchestra.
In a week that sees Proms visits from two major American orchestras, it fell to Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to raise the curtain for their blue-blooded “Big Five” colleagues the Philadelphia Orchestra. With Tchaikovsky featuring large in both programmes comparisons are only natural, and it will be interesting to see what response Thursday night offers to an energetic but at times rather unsubtle evening of music from Pennsylvania’s “other” orchestra.
Share this article
Add comment
more Classical music
Things to Come, LSO, Strobel, Barbican review - blissful visions of the future
Landmark film given the live-orchestra treatment
Bavouzet, Manchester Camerata, Takács-Nagy, Stoller Hall, Manchester review - spirit of the 1780s
Historically informed playing and a delight to hear
Fröst, Philharmonia, Lazarova, Kuusisto, Southbank Centre review - congenial new works complemented by live-wire classics
Two concerts revolving around composer Anna Clyne offer plenty of other surprises
First Person: Donatella Flick on why the conducting competition in her name is needed more than ever
The 17th Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition reaches its final tonight
The Chevalier, St Martin-in-the-Fields review - virtuoso journey into a shamefully neglected past
Music is the star in this retelling of the remarkable life of black composer Joseph Bologne
First Person: Anna Clyne on composing collaborations, not battles, in her latest concertos
UK premiere of 'Weathered' for clarinettist Martin Fröst is among a series of new works
Osborne, RSNO, Chan, Usher Hall, Edinburgh - cinematic sweep and surging drama
Farewell to a much-loved Principal Guest Conductor in powerful Clyne and Tchaikovsky
Amidon, Clayton, SCO, Kuusisto, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh review - profuse and outstanding musicianship
The Finnish violinist and conductor steers an insightful and exciting trio of concerts
Axing the BBC Singers: four associated musicians on why it's so wrong
Dame Sarah Connolly leads musical voices on the latest cultural vandalism
Mahler’s Third Symphony, Philharmonia, Paavo Järvi, RFH review - phosphorescent glow, depths only glimpsed
Stylish conducting, classy playing, but no big emotions in the crucial finale
Bernstein's Mass, RNCM, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - a happening, a demo, an achievement
Manchester premiere of extraordinary ‘theatre piece’ marks a special anniversary
Nonclassical: The Greenhouse Effect, Barbican Conservatory review - enjoyable freestyle happening
Quirky musical responses to the climate crisis amid indoor greenery
Comments
...
...
...
...