Phil Hall
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sub-principal viola, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Blog posts in total 25
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Brabbins in Brabant with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall reports from the orchestra's recent tour of the Netherlands.
BBC Symphony Orchestra success at the Lahti Sibelius Festival
BBC SO sub-principal viola Phil Hall reports from the orchestra's recent, hugely successful visit to Lahti in Finland for the Sibelius 150th anniversary celebrations.
Heat waves, farewells and turnips ‒ the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Bad Kissingen
BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall finds renewed pleasure in one of the orchestra's favourite tour destinations ‒ the Bavarian spa of Bad Kissingen.
BBC Symphony Orchestra ‒ casting new light on Smetana's tragic opera, Dalibor
BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall takes us inside the rehearsal room for a rarely-performed Smetana opera.
All you need to know about Nielsen symphonies ...
BBC Symphony Orchestra chief conductor Sakari Oramo continues his Nielsen series on Friday the 16th, with the Third Symphony. It starts with 26 bangs, as Sub-Principal Viola Phil Hall explains in this insider’s guide to the symphonies
Planes, trains and mobiles - the BBC Symphony Orchestra on tour
BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall reports from the orchestra's tour of Spain
Last bash for BBC SO timpanist John Chimes
The BBC SO’s indefatigable timpanist John Chimes is retiring from the orchestra. Sub principal viola Phil Hall leaves his desk and climbs the risers at Maida Vale to talk to his noisy colleague at the back …
When rain didn't stop play - the BBCSO 2014 Swiss tour
BBC SO sub-principal viola Phil Hall reports from the orchestra's tour of Switzerland ...
Maxim-ising Sheherazade
BBC SO sub-principal viola Phil Hall reports from backstage at rehearsals with viiolinist-conductor Maxim Vengerov.
Brown bread and circuses - the BBC SO at Snape
BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall with the inside track on the Britten Centenary Weekend.
BBC Symphony Orchestra - Insights into the War Requiem
BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall describes the rehearsals for Britten's War Requiem with Semyon Bychkov, and a particularly moving performance.
BBC Symphony Orchestra on Tour #4
BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall reports from the orchestra's Far East tour, which has now reached its last stops, in Taiwan ...
BBC Symphony Orchestra on Tour #3
BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall reports from the orchestra Far East tour, which has now reached South Korea ...
On tour with the BBC Symphony Orchestra #2
BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall reports from Stage 2 of the Orchestra's Middle and Far East tour
On tour with the BBC Symphony Orchestra #1
BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall reports from the Orchestra's Middle and Far East Tour.
BBC Symphony Orchestra - pride in British music
BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall reflects on the potency of British music, and its appeal to musicians and audiences here and abroad ...
BBC Symphony Orchestra at the St Magnus Festival - #7
BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall relishes a strings-only concert, and Graeme Kay reports from the receiving end ...
BBC Symphony Orchestra at the St Magnus Festival - #6
BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall explains the ordeal faced by young cponductors when given the reins of thoroughbred orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra at the St Magnus Festival - #4
BBC SO sub-principal viola Phil Hall explains that his colleagues had new desk partners for their Side-By-Side concert at the St Magnus Festival.
Tippett - Keep it light, love, always light
Phil Hall, a member of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, discusses Tippett's music.
