City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Barbara Hannigan

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Barbara Hannigan · Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla “The Inaugural Concert“ with works by Mozart, Abrahamsen & Tchaikovsky The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has a reputation as “the best catalyst of success for young conductors” (Die Zeit) having discovered great conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle and latest Andris Nelsons. Therefore the inaugural concert of Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla as the at the Royal Albert Hall new CBSO Music Director was eagerly awaited, so much, that next to the first night in Birmingham, the concert was repeated on the following day Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the prestigious BBC Proms. In this position Gražinytė-Tyla is also the Overture to Die Zauberflöte first woman conductor taking over one of the world’s leading orchestras. Combining the dynamism of youth and a profundity beyond her years, she Hans Abrahamsen is a creative and technical force presenting “the most newsworthy of all let me tell you the 2016 Proms” (The Telegraph). Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky “The musicality of the new Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 director of the CBSO becomes evident within 30 seconds of Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky her raising her baton” (The Final Variation and Coda from The Sleeping Beauty London Times). This musicality shines bright in the concerts centre piece, the “spellbinding Soprano Barbara Hannigan and bewitching” (The Guardian) City of Birmingham Symphony song cycle let me tell you by Hans Abrahamsen. Performed Orchestra Orchestra by canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan, for whom the piece was written. Conductor Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla The award-winning cycle centres on Shakespeare’s Ophelia, using only words allotted to her in Hamlet. Hannigan performed the shining magical Video Director Pati Marr score as stunningly brilliant as ever.” (The Guardian) In the second half of the concert Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO vividly explore Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Fourth Symphony. “Technically Length: 98' impeccable and just that bit more vivid than usual” (The Guardian). Cat. no. A 025 50157 X “So – has the CBSO at last found a worthy successor to Andris Nelsons? A co-production You bet they have. In just one evening we witnessed exactly what the of BBC and UNITEL Mirga magic can do. And this is just the start.”(Birmingham Mail) “The CBSO has done it again” (The Arts Desk) “A star was born” (Los Angeles Times) “exciting times ahead for the CBSO” (The Telegraph).

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