October 15, 2025
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Can we live by texture alone? The BBCSO at the Barbican

Can we live by texture alone? The BBCSO at the Barbican

Thorvaldsdottir, Ligeti, John Luther Adams BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Barbican Hall, 8.10.2025 Thovaldsdottir ANCORA (2022)  Ligeti Atmosphères (1961)  John Luther Adams Become Ocean (2013)    An extraordinary concert, but perhaps not in the way one might immediately think: to have three woks that rely mainly on texture is certainly out of the (ie, ‘extra’) […]

Elgar in America #2

Elgar in America #2

This is interesting, as it fills in an ‘interim” Elgar Violin Concerto, and a fine if technically flawed Cockaigne. In between is Toscanini’s take on some Elgar. So first, the Overure Cockaigne (In London Town). […]

Stravinsky from Toronto

Stravinsky from Toronto

Part of Stravnisky’s Neo-Classicism was his work with the music of older composers, and we see two instances of that thee: chikovsky for L raise de la fée and 18th-Centuy Naples for Pulcinella. It is […]