Aurora Orchestra
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4 out of 5 stars.Despite some last-minute substitutions, this Britten concert – and premiere of Josephine Stephenson’s stetting of Rimbaud’s Une Saison en Enfer – was performed at full strength
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4 out of 5 stars.Berlioz’s music - and the man himself - is brought to colourful life in a rip-roaring performance of his Symphonie Fantastique
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Was it all a dream in Opera North’s new Magic Flute? And songs from the road with Aurora Orchestra
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5 out of 5 stars.Pierre-Laurent Aimard was joined by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and others for exceptional performances of György Ligeti’s late works
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4 out of 5 stars.
Aurora Orchestra; Ten Pieces Prom; Malcolm Sargent’s 500th Prom review – a pacy and polished musical education
4 out of 5 stars.The Aurora took Beethoven for a walk and talk; actor Rory Kinnear played Proms founder Henry Wood; and pianist Beatrice Rana shone with Schumann
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4 out of 5 stars.A virtuoso turn from Mary Bevan as a girl taught to sing by beasts animated Richard Ayres’ kitsch mountain melodrama, followed by the orchestra’s latest exhilarating symphony from memory
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Letters: Teaching society to sing and dance and love the arts is a sound investment
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4 out of 5 stars.The Aurora Orchestra played Mozart’s Jupiter with spirit – and from memory; and Edward Gardner confidently conducted a satirical new piece by Lera Auerbach
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The UK composer’s work premiered to acclaim and gasps of astonishment at the Proms in 2014. His ‘sound theatre’ piece, filmed by fixed cameras and headsets worn by musicians, is available to watch exclusively here, available until Monday 4 July.
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3 out of 5 stars.Six pieces suggested by objects in the Science Museum with site-specific performances of each made for an intriguing evening
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3 out of 5 stars.A disjointed collection of night-themed pieces by Britten, Ligeti, the Beatles and REM
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4 out of 5 stars.Playing an Anna Meredith premiere and Beethoven’s 40-minute Pastoral from memory brought a sense of spontaneity – the gamble certainly paid off
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4 out of 5 stars.
Aurora Orchestra/Collon/Booth review – Julian Anderson curates an illuminating and unexpected programme
4 out of 5 stars.Claire Booth sang Stravinsky, Ravel, Birtwistle, Julian Anderson – and a new piece by Augusta Read Thomas based on Emily Dickinson’s bird poems
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4 out of 5 stars.
Aurora Orchestra/Collon/Connolly review – Weir's song cycle is sweet but never saccharine
4 out of 5 stars.Good Morning, Midnight’s meditation on night-time uses words by poets including Emily Dickinson to create something greater than the sum of its parts
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A week ahead of its release, Aurora Orchestra’s first recording for Warner Classics is available to listen to here exclusively, for free
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4 out of 5 stars.
Adams: Chamber Symphony; Copland: Appalachian Spring etc CD review – immensely suggestive
4 out of 5 stars.This musical tour of 20th-century American classics is carefully thought out and performed with subtlety and panache, writes Andrew Clements -
Violinist Thomas Gould is one of a new generation of classical musicians who refuses to be defined by a single genre. He explains why a diverse career enriches his and the audience’s experience
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Aurora Orch/Collon review – Ayres and Beethoven pairing is vivid and lithe
4 out of 5 stars.