{"id":2113,"date":"2015-01-01T08:02:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T08:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2015-01-01T08:02:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T08:02:41","slug":"new-years-eve-with-the-bpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=2113","title":{"rendered":"New Year\u2019s Eve with the BPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Stephen-Bell.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2114 alignright\" alt=\"Stephen Bell\" src=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Stephen-Bell.jpg\" width=\"230\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It would not seem like New Year without the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra\u2019s annual gala at The Dome, and this year was no exception. Stephen Bell guided us from the podium through a rich collation of familiar Strauss pieces, along with just a soupcon of unusual works, and arias from soprano Susana Gaspar.<\/p>\n<p>Suppe\u2019s Overture <i>Poet and Peasant<\/i> started quietly with a finely crafted cello solo from Peter Adams, but soon rose to more extrovert enthusiasm which became the hallmark of the afternoon. Strauss Polkas dominated the shorter items, with Josef\u2019s <i>Ohne Sorgen, <\/i>Johann\u2019s <i>Tritsch-Tratsch, Champagne <\/i>and <i>Pizzicato Polkas.<\/i> For more substantial works we heard <i>Roses from the South, Enjoy Your Life<\/i>, the overture to<i> Die Fledermaus <\/i>and inevitably <i>The Blue Danube. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Josef Strauss\u2019 delightfully delicate <i>Die Libelle- the dragonfly, <\/i>was a particular highlight of the first half and in the second Peter Adams was again the soloist for the first <i>Romance for cello and orchestra<\/i> by Johann junior. This provided a gentle interlude between more substantial items but still reflected the enjoyment of life in late nineteenth century Vienna.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Susana-Gaspar.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2115\" alt=\"Susana Gaspar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Susana-Gaspar.jpg\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Susana Gaspar brought us operatic favourites in the first half, with an incisive <i>Quando m\u2019en vo<\/i> and a plaintively seductive <i>O mio babbino caro. <\/i>Turning to operetta in the second we heard Adele\u2019s Laughing Song from <i>Die Fledermaus <\/i>and Lehar\u2019s enchanting<i> Meine Lippen <\/i>from <i>Giuditta. <\/i>It is difficult to realise that Lehar\u2019s last operetta was written in 1934, almost a century after the first Strauss waltzes, and at the same time that Schoenberg was moving to America.<\/p>\n<p>The final vocal item on the programme was a rarity \u2013 <i>Heia! Heia! In den Bergen<\/i> from Kalman\u2019s <i>Gypsy Princess<\/i> and proved to be a barnstorming number before the <i>Blue Danube. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Needless to say encores were demanded and we came closer to home with <i>I could have dance all night<\/i> from <i>My Fair Lady<\/i> before the <i>Radetsky March <\/i>sent us off to celebrate the New Year in fine style. <i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It would not seem like New Year without the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra\u2019s annual gala at The Dome, and this year was no exception. 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