| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2012 Barbican Centre: Hall | Haydn, Hummel and Ravel performed with confidence by the BBC Symphony Orchestra |
Josep Pons strode purposefully onto the Barbican stage to conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Haydn’s “Clock” Symphony. The first movement opened by way of an Adagio laden with a suitable sense of portent, the layers of writing for the strings being clearly articulated to bring this out.Read full review... | |
| 6-Oct-2012 St George's Bristol | British in Bristol: Stephen Hough and Bristol Classical Players at St George's |
Two encores, a virtuoso and a cracking orchestra. This concert truly celebrated the best of British music and musicians, as the first concert in St George’s “Best of British” concert season. The scene was set with an array of red, white and blue amongst the orchestra in several forms: bow ties, flags, ribbons and other accessories. The stage was built forward for this occasion with an impressively large group of instrumentalists for the Bristol Classical Players surrounding a grand piano for the internationally renowned pianist Stephen Hough.Read full review... | |