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Review: Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra at Adrian Boult Hall Mar 01 2013

Listening to Bruckner's symphonies can be very frustrating. Read

Review: Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra at Adrian Boult Hall Dec 21 2012

The trouble with compiling a completist programme is that you might well end up with a dud in the necessity to make up the numbers, and this was certainly the case with at least one of the offerings in the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra's exposition of works by "The Mighty Handful".Read

A veritable feast of classical delights Oct 12 2012

Christopher Morley takes a look at a busy classical concert programme in Birmingham this autumn.Read

Review: Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, at Adrian Boult Hall Jun 29 2012

Mufti-dressed musicians reinforced the party atmosphere for Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra’s 70th birthday concert, but in his post-performance speech conductor Michael Lloyd, immaculately dressed, chose not to dwell on the anniversary but to pay tribute instead to the unceasing commitment of the members.Read

Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates 70th anniversary Jun 15 2012

The Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra is celebrating its 70th anniversary. Christopher Morley looks at how it has gone from playing in barracks and marquees to the Royal Albert Hall.Read

Review: Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, at Adrian Boult Hall Birmingham Apr 27 2012

Guest conductor Richard Laing delivered this truly exciting programme, beginning with Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture, opened by sombre well-placed woodwind chords eventually leading into not quite quiet enough beginnings for the difficult-to-pace heart rending long crescendos: be braver. Much more contrast needed, otherwise ‘bland/safe’ comes to mind. Great brass however, with splendid percussion ‘sword fights’.Read

Review: Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, at Adrian Boult Hall Mar 02 2012

The challenges that Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra sets itself are never anything short of daunting. These amateurs play with immense conviction and self-belief, the warm rapport and support shared by all of them keeping hubris well at bay, and one can listen with confidence as they tackle awesome giants of the repertoire.Read

Review: Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, at Adrian Boult Hall Oct 28 2011

I doubt I’ve ever heard a better concert from certainly one of the finest non-professional orchestras in the land, and I know I’ve heard few better performances of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony than the one the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra delivered on Sunday afternoon. Read

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