{"id":3478,"date":"2017-03-20T15:19:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T15:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2017-03-20T15:20:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T15:20:24","slug":"brighton-philharmonic-orchestra-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=3478","title":{"rendered":"Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Martin-Roscoe.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Martin-Roscoe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Martin Roscoe<\/strong> is quite simply one of the most admired and respected pianists of his generation.\u00a0 Equally at home in concerto, recital and chamber performances he describes himself as a musical all-rounder, or more specifically as \u201ca musician who plays the piano, rather than a pianist\u201d. It is an interesting, typically self-effacing definition suggesting that his performances aim to serve the music and the composer\u2019s intentions rather than imposing his own personality on either. On Sunday, as the guest of the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, he will turn his flawless technique and musicianship to Schumann\u2019s <em>Piano Concerto in A Minor,<\/em> a work held together by a pervading sense of joy that surges through the work from beginning to end, belying the alarming deterioration in the composer\u2019s physical and mental health during the period of its composition. It was a work that was to influence both Grieg and Rachmaninov in the creation of their concerti for piano and orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>Conductor Laureate <strong>Barry Wordsworth<\/strong> makes a welcome appearance on Sunday to bring the Philharmonic\u2019s current season to a close with a performance of Alexander Scriabin\u2019s <em>Second Symphony<\/em>. The heart of this glorious work is a sumptuously-coloured slow movement, while the finale achieves the universal appeal the composer aimed for with a triumphant march. The concert begins with Kod\u00e1ly\u2019s<em> Dances of Gal<\/em><em>\u00e1nta<\/em>, an orchestral evocation of the small Hungarian market town\u2019s long established gypsy band, full of exciting rhythm and brilliantly colourful orchestration.<\/p>\n<p>There is much to look forward to then in this, the final concert of the Brighton Philharmonic\u2019s 92<sup>nd<\/sup> season. The Orchestra has maintained its high performance standards throughout with a wonderfully diverse programme of music. I look forward with eager anticipation to its 93rd season.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Back<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Roscoe is quite simply one of the most admired and respected pianists of his generation.\u00a0 Equally at home in concerto, recital and chamber performances he describes himself as a musical all-rounder, or more specifically as \u201ca musician who plays &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=3478\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3481,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3478\/revisions\/3481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}