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A selection of recent reviews and media coverage about the CBSO (2011-12 Season)...
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5*
Review: Tasmin Little Plays Beethoven
Brmingham Post/David Hart/27 April 2012
Review:
Sounds of applause for silent Chaplin classics
This is Tamworth/Paul Marston/27 April 2012
4*
Review: British Classics
Birmingham Mail/Paul Marston/27 April
Review:
The Dream of Gerontius (Symphony Hall, Birmingham)
Bachtrack/12 April 2012
5*
Review: The Dream of Gerontius
The Arts Desk/Igor Toronyi-Lalic / 15 April 2012
Review
- The Dream of Gerontius (Barbican)
Evening Standard/Barry Millington/15 April 2012
Review:
CBSO - The Dream of Gerontius
The Birmingham Post/Chris Morley/13 April 2012
A
goodbye to CBSO cellist Ulrich Heinen
The Birmingham Post/ Chris Morley/6 April 2012
The
top classical picks for spring
The Guardian/Andrew Clements/9 April 2012
5*
review - Nelsons and Kaufmann
Birmingham Post/Christopher Morley/15 March 2012
Review
- Nelsons and Kaufmann
Seenandheard-international.com/Geoff Read/14 March 2012
Review
- Nelsons and Kaufmann/Tristan und Isolde
The Observer/Fiona Maddocks/11 March 2012
Review
- Nelsons and Kaufmann
Classicalsource.com/Rian Evans/10 March 2012
4.5*
review - Nelsons and Kaufmann
Musicomh.com/Melanie Eskanazi/9 March 2012
Review
- Nelsons and Kaufmann
Theartsdesk.com/Igor Tornyi-Lalic/8 March 2012
4*
review - Nelsons and Kaufmann
Guardian.co.uk/Andrew Clements/8 March 2012
5*
review - Nelsons and Kaufmann
Birmingham Post/Christopher Morley/8 March '12
Review
- Tristan und Isolde
Classicalsource.com/Rian Evans/6 March 2012
4*
review - Tristan und Isolde
Telegraph.co.uk/Ivan Hewett/5 March 2012
4* review – Tristan und Isolde
The Times/Hilary Finch/5 March 2012
‘This concert, to be repeated in Paris next Sunday, proved a thrilling
kick-start to the orchestra’s major European spring tour’
Music
marathon - Tristan und Isolde
BBC Midlands Today/5 March 2012
4*
review - Tristan und Isolde
Guardian.co.uk/Andrew Clements/4 March 2012
5*
review - Durufle's Requiem
Birmingham Post/David Hart/1 March 2012
4* review - The Planets
The Sunday Telegraph/John Allison/26 February 2012
'In a different class [than the New York Philharmonic], the City of Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra and Edward Gardner juxtaposed three early 20th-century masterpieces
and delivered them all magnificently'
4*
review - CBSO Youth Orchestra
Birmingham Post/David Hart/23 February 2012
4* review - The Planets
The Times/Hilary Finch/17 February 2012
'…this was the CBSO Chorus, so both their rage and their rhapsody
were equally and beautifully eloquent'
4*
review - The Planets
Birminghampost.net/Christopher Morley/17 February 2012
4*
review - The Planets
The Guardian/Andrew Clements/16 February 2012
4*
review - Images of 1912
Birmingham Post/Maggie Cotton/16 February 2012
Feature
- Conductor Edward Gardner delights in the energy of the CBSO
Birmingham Post/Christopher Morley/9 February 2012
4*
review - A First for Brahms
Birmingham Post/Maggie Cotton/9 February 2012
4*
review - Tchaikovsky 4 CD
Guardian.co.uk/Tim Ashley/9 February 2012
4*
review - Winter Dreams
Bachtrack.com/Katherine Dixson/8 February 2012
News
- Arts appreciation for Baker Tilly
Birmingham Post/2 February 2012
4*
review - Winter Dreams
Birmingham Post/Christopher Morley/2 February 2012
Review
- Romantic Landscapes
Birmingham Post/Christopher Morley/20 January 2012
5*
review - Nelsons conducts Strauss
Birmingham Post/Christopher Morley/19 January 2012
100 People to watch in 2012 - No.22 Andris Nelsons
The Times/18 January 2012
'Forget Gustavo Dudamel - the young conductor setting the musical world
alight is a 33-year-old Latvian, Andris Nelsons'
Interview
- Sir Anthony Hopkins
BBC Wales/17 January 2012
3*
review - Anthony Hopkins 'Composer'
Musicomh.com/Ben Hogwood/16 January 2012
Review
- Nelsons conducts Strauss
The Observer/Fiona Maddocks/15 January 2012
Review
- Nelsons conducts Strauss
Classicalsource.com/Rian Evans/15 January 2012
Interview - Hannibal hits the high notes with a classic performance
The Independent/Jessica Duchen/13 January 2012
3*
review - Anthony Hopkins 'Composer'
The Independent/Andy Gill/13 January 2012
Feature
- Birmingham's Symphony Hall celebrates 21 years
The Guardian/Tom Service/12 January 2012
Interview
- Sir Anthony Hopkins, actor and musician
The Scotsman/Ken Walton/12 January 2012
Feature
- Orchestra describes wonderful experience of working with Sir Anthony Hopkins
Birmingham Mail/Jessica Winch/6 January 2012
Our view of the year - Classical
Sunday Times/Hugh Canning/1 January 2012
'Andris Nelsons and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra continue
to be world-class'
2011:
Beethoven, Bartok and the Bard
Theartsdesk.com/Alexandra Coghlan/27 December 2011
5*
review - CBSO Benevolent Fund Concert
Birmingham Post/David Hart/23 December 2011
Classical
Music review of the year
Birmingham Post/Christopher Morley/23 December 2011
5*
review - The CBSO's Great Big Choral Christmas
Birmingham Post/Maggie Cotton/23 December 2011
2011
in Opera and Classical
The Telegraph/John Allison/22 December 2011
Arts
review of 2011
The Independent/Anna Picard/18 December 2011
4*
review - CBSO Benevolent Fund Concert
Bachtrack.com/Arthur Keegan-Bole/17 December 2011
3*
review - CBSO/Znaide
Bachtrack.com/Arthur Keegan-Bole/14 December 2011
The
Best Classical Music of 2011
The Observer/Fiona Maddocks/11 December 2011
4* review - CBSO/Znaider
Telegraph.co.uk/David Fanning/09 December 2011
3*
review - CBSO/Znaider
Guardian.co.uk/Andrew Clements/09 December 2011
5*
review - CBSO conducted by Robert Spano
Birmingham Post/Christopher Morley/08 December 2011
Review
- Ruders Symphony No. 4 premiere
Classicalsource.com/Richard Morrison/07 December 2011
3*
Review - The Year 1911: Sibelius and Nielsen
Bachtrack.com/Arthur Keegan-Bole/05 December 2011
Review
- CBSO Notelets
Musicforbaby.com/05 December 2011
4* Review - Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 CD
The Times/Richard Morrison/03 December 2011
5*
Review - C'est Fantastique!
Birmingham Post/Norman Stinchcombe/01 December 2011
3* Review - C'est Fantastique!
The Times/Hilary Finch/28 November 2011
CD Review - Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 CD
The Independent/Anna Picard/27 November 2011
3*
Review - Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 CD
Financial Times/Andrew Clark/26 November 2011
5*
Review - Brandenburg Concertos
Birmingham Post/Christopher Morley/24 November 2011
4* Review - Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 CD
The Telegraph/Paul Gent/19 November 2011
'Another excellent Tchaikovsky disc from Nelsons and the CBSO'
5*
Review - Leningrad Symphony
Birmingham Post/Christopher Morley/17 November 2011
4* Review - Leningrad Symphony
The Times/Geoff Brown/15 November 2011
'…helped by the CBSO's brilliant playing, he [Andris Nelsons] brought it to the edge of greatness and showed himself to be the complete magician'
4*
Review - Leningrad Symphony
The Guardian/Andrew Clements/15 November 2011
Review - Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 CD
The Sunday Times/Hugh Canning/13 November 2011
'…the orchestra join him in a emotional rollercoaster ride, with fabulous work from the solo clarinet in the opening movement and a haunting bassoon in the andantino…Lucky Birmingham. I wish I had been there'
5*
Review - Autumn Sunshine
Birmingham Post / Christopher Morley / 10 November 2011
5*
Review - CBSO Youth Orchestra
Birmingham Post / Christopher Morley / 03 November 2011
3(4)*
Review - Pictures at an Exhibition
Birmingham Post / Christopher Morley / 03 November 2011
3*
Review - Elgar's Second Symphony
Birmingham Post / Christopher Morley / 27 October 2011
Review
- The Enid and CBSO
Expressandstar.com / John Corser / 17 October 2011
Review:
US masters are pretty in Pink with the CBSO (also featured on behindthearras.com)
Birmingham Mail / Paul Marston / 17 October 2011
Review:
Nelsons conducts Brahms
Birmingham Post / Christopher Morley / 7 October 2011
CBSO
impresses in Zurich
seenandheard-international.com / John Rhodes / 5 October 2011
4*
Review - Nelsons conducts Brahms
The Independent / Michael Church / 29 September 2011
Verdi
Opens Andris Nelson’s New CBSO Season
seenandheard-international.com / Geoff Read / 26 September 2011
3* Review - Verdi Requiem
The Times/Neil Fisher/26 September 2011
'...the CBSO chorus were on terrific form...and brilliantly responsive
to Nelson's moment by moment direction' '...this Requiem had an
awesome monumentality'
4*
Review - Verdi Requiem - CBSO/Nelsons
The Guardian / Andrew Clements / 23 September 2011
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