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Thursday 16 August 2007

 

Prom 44 10.15pm - c11.30pm Royal Albert Hall

Music:  James Macmillan Veni, veni Emmanuel, Lutoslawski Chantefleurs et Chantefables, Sir Harrison Birtwistle Panic
Artists:  Colin Currie percussion, Solveig Kringelborn soprano, Martin Robertson alto saxophone, Peter Erskine drums, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins conductor

 

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Colin Currie

What the papers said:

A dozen years on, the piece sounds less like panic than a false alarm, though at least it retained its stridency in this performance by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins, with saxophonist Martin Robertson and drummer Peter Erskine.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

The Albert Hall, though, is not ideal for a piece as abrasively confrontational as Birtwistle's. With Martin Robertson as the saxophonist and Peter Erskine as drummer, the performance under Brabbins was wonderfully precise, but the woodwind could not be heard, and the impact was diminished.
THE GUARDIAN


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Stepan Howse
The BBC must have lost a fortune on this concert!The number of people on stage nearly matched the number in the hall. Mac Millan's percussion concerto. Brilliantly played by Colin Currie, was very dramatic but was surprisingly dissonant for something based on a plainsong. Lutoslawski's song-cycle was absolutely wonderful. The orchestration captured the moods of each poem perfectly. Unusually for a composer of his generation, Lutoslawski wrote as if he enjoyed the sound of the human voice!Solveig Kringelborn, who gave the world premiere,certainly seemed to love singing this piece. Finally, "Panic" threatened to collapse the roof. Extremely loud, screeching, dissonant?You bet! Did the audience enjoy it? Judging by the warm reception they gave the piece, and Sir Harrison, absolutely!!


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