Reviews
“Backed by a [65]-piece orchestra, led brilliantly by conductor Anthony Gabriele … Ronan Keating basked in the glow of a standing ovation at the Royal Albert Hall in London last night after one of the most spectacular performances of his career to date.”
“Giving pop hits the full orchestral treatment was a genius move and when Keating embraced the energetic Maestro Gabriele at the end the crowd rose to their feet and applauded.”
“Ce ciné-concert offre une véritable vision cauchemardesque de L’Étrange Noël de Monsieur Jack en portant la partition musicale à son paroxysme. Il devient impossible de résister à la beauté de l’œuvre, tant visuellement que sonorement.”
“This Film with Orchestra concert offers a truly nightmarish vision of Mr. Jack’s Strange Christmas by taking the musical score to its peak. It becomes impossible to resist the beauty of the work, both visually and sonically.”
“Full plaudits go to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Anthony Gabriele. They deserved the standing ovation at the end. Gabriele clearly relished the performance with a relaxed conducting style, full of the kind of personality and style which would be worthy of 007 himself. The scale of the event didn’t phase him or the orchestra.”
“ . . . conducted by the gifted Anthony Gabriele, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performed the world premiere of Thomas Newman’s 2015 score for the James Bond film Spectre, played live and synchronised to a screening of the movie . . . [and] deliver magnificently . . . The applause and standing ovation only defining [the audience’s] appreciation and fondness for this classic music, wonderfully and flawlessly performed.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“It’s Another Hit for the Royal Albert Hall “
“It’s been a decade since James Bond visited the Royal Albert Hall on his way to Skyfall. The Academy-decorated film is finally back after its premiere ten years ago for their Films in Concert Series. Accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Anthony Gabriele, Skyfall is part of the Hall’s 60th-anniversary celebrations of the Bond franchise ,.. Dramatic horns and strings, punctuating percussions, and delicate violins follow Bond from Istanbul’s rooftops to his childhood home in the Scottish Highlands …” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“A Truly Immersive and Satisfying Treat”
“An indefatigable Anthony Gabriele shows his wealth of experience in these concerts. He gracefully conducts a sparkling Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, who bring truly elegant strings, resonant drums and slick brass to the music. . . . There is also nuance in the score along with the tension and drama and Gabriele dips the pace beautifully with the deceptively simple piano in Vesper’s shower scene.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“A Magical Performance of a Magical Score”
“…Conducted by an animated Anthony Gabriele and performed by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, the film and its music was shown off in all its glory...
…Gabriele has vast experience of conducting orchestras to films and it shows. He brought out all the drama and nuance of the score, almost dancing as he energetically led an orchestra in sparkling form …The famous opening fanfare was glorious; evoking all the fantasy and power of the film as the music shimmers through the theme. It was bold and rousing, bringing the concept of a true superhero to life…(and) in the famous scene where Superman picks up Lois to take her flying with him, the orchestra takes the music sweeping and soaring in beautiful tandem.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
…For one night only at the Royal Albert Hall, he offered a rare chance to see Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman, …for the first time in the UK, with John Williams’ legendary score played live in accompaniment. The score is so evocative and impressive that even as the opening credits, along with the final bars of Williams’ accompanying opening theme faded, the audience burst into spontaneous applause…
…at the Royal Albert Hall last night the deserved stars of the evening were Williams, Gabriele, and the 80+ strong ensemble of the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra…” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
…The Philharmonia are of course world-class, and their delivery of William’s score [for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial] was flawless … This combination of a classic film, projected over the heads of the players and instruments of one of the finest orchestras around and all helmed under Gabriele’s masterful baton, created an evening that that was simply out of this world!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“…Debemos destacar una vez más la presencia del maestro Anthony Gabriele que ha sabido llevar a buen puerto la interpretación de un audiovisual complejo, novedoso por lo poco habitual de su interpretación y estructura, y de ajuste milimétrico. El maestro Gabrielle es ya un claro conocedor de las tácticas y técnicas de sincronía de los conciertos en vivo sobre el audiovisual proyectado. Además, la orquesta trabaja cómoda con él: es una persona entusiasta, conocedora del oficio, con un extenso bagaje interpretativo a cargo de las mejores orquestas internacionales, y con un carácter que hace querer más y más de su ingenio y energía…”
Daniel Hope
Music Director, Zürcher Kammerorchester, 10/03/2022
Yannic Lüönd
central plus, 17/10/2021
“La orquesta, en una formación sólo de cuerdas, estuvo acertadísima en todas las dinámicas y tempi de su interpretación. Gracias a una antigua forma de sincronización basada en un reloj analógico en el atril del maestro Gabriele para marcar los tempos, [al brillante director] obtuvo una ajustada sincronización, y un refuerzo de los momentos claves realmente milimetrado.
However, the performance echoed excitingly, bringing us into the mind of John “Scottie” Ferguson, just as the composer modelled, rising us from our seats in his ascension dominated by the Vertigo, to the tower of the Spanish mission, freezing our breath with the Kiss between Madelyne and Scottie while the central theme explodes for the first time in all its glory, with a string section combining power, lyricism, and dramatic tension in an unusual balance.”
“Anthony Gabriele es un director de orquesta que domina los matices, que comprende a la orquesta y la sabe sentir, que sabe trasladar a cada instrumento e intérprete su importancia y dotarlo de confianza e integrar su aportación de forma maravillosa con el resto, sin olvidar ni un matiz, que ni un arabesco se difumine sin aportar a la sensación global. Y con la obra de Bernard Herrmann, fascinante, embriagadora, sutil, mágica, y sobre todo complicada, sumamente complicada, eso no es tarea fácil.
Sin embargo la interpretación resonó emocionante, haciéndonos entrar en la mente de John “Scottie” Ferguson, tal y como el compositor modeló, levantándonos de la butaca en su ascensión dominada por el Vértigo a la torre de la misión española, congelándonos el aliento con el beso entre Madelyne y Scottie mientras el tema central explota por primera vez en toda su gloria, con una sección de cuerda aunando poderosa, lirismo y tensión dramática en inusitado equilibrio.”
“The Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae, without any kind of amplification, resounded throughout the Coliseum Theatre with an overwhelming force and with an enormous control over Gershwin’s music, characterised by that mixture of European symphonic orchestration, the aura of broadway in all the harmonies and melodies more akin to jazz than to classical music. And Anthony Gabriele masterfully conducted the OCM, achieving an orchestral lyricism and at the same time a truly authentic Big Band sound.”
…Menken nutzt zwar rasch und manchmal masslos die bekannten Mittel des Genres, um gewaltige Klanglandschaften aufzutürmen…Auf der anderen Seite aber bietet die Partitur ausgesprochen kammermusikalische Feinheiten. Dass man all das so lebendig hören kann, zeigt, auf welch hohem Niveau an diesem Abend musiziert wird…”
“Rarely does the huge concert hall play such a congenial role in film screenings with live music as on this weekend’s blockbuster “Beauty and the Beast” from 2017… The images turn kaleidoscopically and take the audience on a visual roller coaster ride that seems to shoot up to the stars of the concert hall and plunges into the parquet floor…[whilst]…the City Light Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Anthony Gabriele repeatedly raises the sound to frenzy and ecstasy.
[In his Oscar-winning score]…Menken uses the familiar means of the genre quickly and sometimes excessively to pile up huge soundscapes…on the other hand, however, the score offers distinct chamber-music subtleties… The fact that all this can be heard, so vividly, shows the high level of music played this evening.”
En Platea
El director fue Anthony Gabriele, a quien tengo el gusto de conocer y considerarlo colega a raíz del concierto de Singin’ in the Rain Live In Concert meses atrás en el Tívoli. La labor de Gabriele conduciendo la orquesta fue espléndida, dirigiendo unos músicos que supieron estar siempre a la altura (cosa nada fácil), bordando el lirismo y orgullo del inicio, con la llegada a la isla con las cuerdas cogiendo todo el protagonismo, para lentamente derivar a frenético final de los velocirraptors con una potencia sonora que ponía los pelos de punta.”
“Mammoth concert of the Orchestra Barcelona in L’Auditori Barcelona with Jurassic Park in Concert, on the 25th anniversary of the epic and tribal score by John Williams.
The conductor was Anthony Gabriele, whom I had the pleasure to meet and consider a colleague following Singin’ in the Rain – Live In Concert at The Tivoli a few months ago. Gabriele’s work leading the orchestra was splendid, directing musicians who always knew how to rise to the occasion (not an easy thing), embroidering the lyricism and pride of the beginning, with the arrival to the island, with the strings taking all the protagonism, to slowly derive the frenetic end of the velocirraptors with a sonorous power that made the hair stand on end.”
I can but express my utmost gratitude to Maestro Gabriele and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra for their marvellous salute to Herrmann. A feast for film music.”
Until, that is, one has the privilege of watching the movie on the big screen with the score played live by a 64 strong orchestra under the baton of Anthony Gabriele.
Judy Garland et al may be captured, beautifully, in that flickering light beam and one may know the movie thoroughly, but Gabriele truly takes this score over the rainbow.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Until, that is, one has the privilege of watching the movie on the big screen with the score played live by a 64 strong orchestra under the baton of Anthony Gabriele.
Judy Garland et al may be captured, beautifully, in that flickering light beam and one may know the movie thoroughly, but Gabriele truly takes this score over the rainbow.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“…thunderous applause demanded a much deserved encore…” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
