Prom 26: BBCPhil/Storgårds review – Barry takes us inside Kafka’s head
Gerald Barry’s deliberately muted new work, Kafka’s Earplugs, failed to make an impact in this venue, while James Ehnes was a deft and impressive soloist in Walton’s violin concerto
February 2020
The week in classical: Alice’s Adventures Under Ground; Beethoven Weekender – review
Gerald Barry brilliantly makes Lewis Carroll his own. And the Barbican delivers two unforgettable days of wall-to-wall Beethoven
Alice's Adventures Under Ground review – brilliant in every surreal detail
The dizzying world of Lewis Carroll is brought to wonderful and touching life, and Gerald Barry’s intense score is marshalled with panache by Thomas Adès
Curiouser and curiouser: Thomas Adès on Gerald Barry's Wonderland
Gerald Barry’s new opera based on Alice in Wonderland is as breathless and surreal as Carroll’s novel. The conductor explains how Ode to Joy, a Russian Jabberwocky and wind machines all make perfect nonsense.
September 2019
The week in classical: Agrippina; The Intelligence Park; The Greek Passion – review
The Intelligence Park review – brilliantly played but Barry's opera still bewilders
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May 2019
Britten Sinfonia/Adès review – Barry's viola premiere has rowdy brass and a whistling soloist
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December 2018
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May 2018
The week in classical: Madama Butterfly; Britten Sinfonia/Adès – review
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March 2018
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August 2017
Prom 50: CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – fierce solos and jagged riffs, superbly played
An unconventional programme of Beethoven and Stravinsky alongside a fresh, discomfiting work from Gerald Barry proves thrillingly dramatic
June 2017
La rondine; Adès, Barry, Beethoven; The Day After review – quite a hat-trick
Opera Holland Park’s season gets off to a flying start, while Thomas Adès and Gerald Barry prove a fine piano duo. Plus, the new ENO Studio Live
May 2017
Britten Sinfonia/Adès review – strikingly original Beethoven and Barry
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November 2016
Alice's Adventures Under Ground review – Barry's breathless and brilliant raid on Lewis Carroll
Gerald Barry’s challenging and ingenious new opera was superbly delivered in concert by the Britten Sinfonia under Thomas Adès and a fine cast of singers
