Tag Archives: Mozart

School for lovers: Loy’s bitter lessons at the Salzburg Festival

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Mark Pullinger

Mozart: Così fan tutte Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 2nd August 2020 Così fan tutte is usually translated into English as “All women are like that”. At this summer’s Salzburg Festival, Christof Loy prefers to focus on the opera’s subtitle, La scuola degli amanti (The School … Continue reading →

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Rattle returns to Munich via a fairy garden

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Mark Pullinger

Simon Rattle/ Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonie im Gasteig, 20th July 2020 Simon Rattle’s passport has seen more action of late than my Oyster Card! Since his last encounter with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in June (played to an empty … Continue reading →

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Wolfgang finds his groove in Havana: Mozart y Mambo

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Mark Pullinger

“Mozart would have been a good Cuban,” Sarah Willis was told on her first visit to Havana, when she spotted a bust of the composer in the historic part of the city. The comment inspired the Berlin Philharmonic horn player … Continue reading →

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Vienna’s Musikverein reawakens to a defiant Beethoven Fifth

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Mark Pullinger

Daniel Barenboim/ Vienna Philharmonic Großer Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, 5th June 2020 Musical life is slowly returning to Europe, emerging from its enforced hibernation like a slightly nervous bear stretching a speculative paw out into the world. Concerts performed to empty … Continue reading →

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Dangerous Liaisons and Magic Horns close Oxford Lieder

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Louise Alder, Nikolay Borchev, Konstantin Krimmel Oxford Lieder, 26th October 2019 There is something deliciously perverse about opening the final recital of a 16-day, 80-event song festival with an opera overture, but Sholto Kynoch, pianist, artistic director and programming mastermind … Continue reading →

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