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The
Times / Richard Morrison (July 2010)
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The
Times / Richard Morrison (May 2010)
The Lion's Face at the Theatre Royal,
Brighton
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The
Times / Geoff Brown (March 2010)
Aurora Orchestra's 5th Birthday
Concert at LSO St Luke's
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Classical
Source / Bob Briggs (March 2010)
Mahler 10 (Cooke) (Salomon Orchestra)
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Guardian
/ Guy Damaan (March 2010) ****
Phillips / Knight Crew (Glyndebourne Opera)
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The
Sunday Times / Paul Driver (November 2009)
Aurora Orchestra at Kings Place
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Opera
Magazine / Roderic Dunnett (July 2008) ****
Walton / The Bear & Stravinsky
'The Fox' (Aurora Orchestra / Mahogany Opera)
'...this
combined with a provocative and arresting staging to make Mahogany's double bill
one of the most exciting and electrifying evenings I've spent at the opera in
recent seasons....yet even this vibrant vocal quartet was upstaged by the brilliant
playing of the Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon, whose feel for
Stravinsky's Russian colourings were beyond reproach.'
Metro
/ Warwick Thompson (January 2008)
Debussy/Muhly/Byrd/Ives (Aurora Orchestra)
'It's
been a remarkable success story. Founded just a little over three years ago, Aurora
Orchestra, a sparky, young ensemble specialising in new repertoire and chamber
arrangements of symphonies has already reached the threshold of big-name status.
The current conductor is the name-to-watch firecracker Nicholas Collon.'
Opera
Now
/ Roderick Dunnett (March/April 2008)
Hans Krasa / Brundibar (Mahogany Opera)
****
'...A
cleverly designed show, a heroic costume team, much acting to die for, and vocals
to match (plus a 21-strong band wreathed in in Krasa-like irony by conductor Nicholas
Collon). And poignancy? In swathes.'
Classical
Source / Robert Matthew-Walker (March 2008)
Shostakovich / Symphony No.4
(Kensington Symphony Orchestra)
'Shostakovich's
mighty Fourth Symphony, one of this composer's greatest and most original orchestral
pieces, received a performance of considerable insight, revealing that Collon
knows this masterpiece very well, and equally knows how to get the best from this
most excellent orchestra.'
Sunday
Times / Paul Driver (December 2007 / Spitalfields Festival)
Wagner / Siegfried
Idyll (Aurora Orchestra) ****
'Wagner's
Siegfried Idyll, played by the new, young Aurora Orchestra under Nicholas Collon,
was written as a present for the composer's wife, Cosima, and first performed
on the staircase of their villa near Lucerne on the morning of her birthday, Christmas
Day. In the intimacy of St Leonard's, with an acoustic well suited to chamber
forces, one could easily imagine that occasion. Each phrase sounded as fresh and
near as if you were on those stairs yourself.'
Evening
Standard / Barry Millington (March 2007)
Birtwistle/Takemitsu/Bach/Adams
(Aurora Orchestra)
'A
typically imaginative progamme from the brilliant young Aurora Orchestra under
their talented Principal Conductor, Nicholas Collon.'
Musical
Opinion / Rian Evans (June 2006 / Aldeburgh Festival)
Ligeti / Chamber
Concerto (Aurora Orchestra) ****
'Had
the concert given by the chamber ensemble Aurora on 22 June ['06] been my only
taste of Aldeburgh this year, it would have sufficed. Their playing of György
Ligeti's Kammerkonzert was truly memorable. Conductor Nicholas Collon recreated
the magical textures of this Ligeti score, gossamer threads, crystalline chords
and dancing, shimmering passages were simply beguiling.'
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