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BBC Proms - Elgar's First: Magnificent symphony re-examined in an insightful reading

4/5 Ryan Wigglesworth brings subtlety to the pomp at this night at the Proms

Evening Standard · Jul 31

BBCSSO/Wigglesworth / Booth review – Brett Dean’s song cycle is rich and strange

Soprano Clare Booth, Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish gave the world premiere of Dean’s theatrical and engaging The World’s Wife. Elgar’s 1st didn’t quite achieve lift-off but Weir’s Moon and Star had sweep and shimmer

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30

BBCSSO / Wigglesworth / Osborne review – jazz energy meets its match in French insouciance

Ryan Wigglesworth’s piano concerto, veering between tense, creepy and off-kilter, brought out the best in soloist Steven Osborne

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15

BBCSSO/Wigglesworth/Pioro/Gerhardt review – consummate artistry and a broken string

Two concerts given by the BBC Scottish with soloists Daniel Pioro and Alban Gerhardt were imaginative and compelling

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024

The week in classical: The Merry Widow; Aldeburgh festival – review

Thomas Allen steals a witty, sparkling new production of Léhar’s masterpiece, and a cosmic world premiere from Judith Weir lives up to her star billing

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024

Bevan/BBCSO/Wigglesworth review – intensely personal and panoramic Magnificat from husband and wife team

Conducting his own setting, dedicated to wife and soloist Sophie Bevan, Ryan Wigglesworth captured the scale and scope of a text that spans ‘the history and future of humanity’. Bevan was also glorious in a tantalising fragment of Monteverdi

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2023

Prom 43: Endgame review – music brings compassion to Beckett’s austere drama

For its UK premiere, György Kurtág’s opera faced a challenge summoning the play’s claustrophobia in this venue, but performances and players were superb

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2023

Juliet Fraser/Knussen Chamber Orchestra review – new works showcase soprano’s extraordinary repertoire

New music by Cassandra Miller, Newton Armstrong, Rebecca Saunders and Ryan Wigglesworth was brilliantly brought to life by Fraser and Roderick Williams

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2023

Hallé/Wigglesworth review – British composer debuts an outstanding Magnificat

Ryan Wigglesworth composes a finessed Monteverdi Magnificat with the elegant, expansive assistance of wife and soprano Sophie Bevan and a virtuosic choir

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023

The week in classical: The Decision; The Dream of Gerontius; Soloists of the CBSO – review

Birmingham Opera Company regroup, and the CBSO triumph in Elgar’s great oratorio as the city’s rich musical life thrives. And shock and anger as the BBC Singers are axed

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2023