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Tag Archives: Richard Strauss
From sunrise to dreamy afternoons: orchestral sorcery from François-Xavier Roth and the LSO
François-Xavier Roth/ LSO **** Barbican Hall, 14th November 2018 The biennial Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition is just a week away. Winners have the opportunity to become assistant conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra for up to a year. Former winner François-Xavier Roth shadowed the … Continue reading
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Tagged Debussy, Dvořák, François-Xavier Roth, Jean-Guihen Queyras, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Strauss
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On the rocks: Castellucci delivers an ice-cold Salome in Salzburg
Strauss: Salome **** Salzburg Festival, 9th August 2018 Above Sigmundstor, the tunnel that cuts through Salzburg’s mighty Mönchsberg next to the Festspielhaus, is the Latin inscription Te saxa loquuntur: the stones speak of you. Also hewn into the Mönchsberg rock a … Continue reading
One step towards paradise: heavenly Mahler from Chen Reiss with the Philharmonia
Philharmonia/ Shani **** Royal Festival Hall, 11th February 2018 At the climax of the third movement to his Fourth Symphony, Mahler pushes wide the pearly gates before offering us a child’s vision of heaven with the song Das himmlische Leben. It’s a glorious … Continue reading
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Tagged Chen Reiss, Lahav Shani, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Philharmonia, Richard Strauss
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Sumptuous Strauss from Louise Alder in Wigmore jump-in
Louise Alder & Gary Matthewman **** Wigmore Hall, 22nd July 2017 We anticipated a Ukrainian barihunk singing Tchaikovsky, but ended up with an English rose singing Strauss. “Travel problems” detained Andrei Bondarenko from making his Wigmore Hall recital, his place taken at … Continue reading
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Tagged Britten, Debussy, Gary Matthewman, Hahn, Liszt, Louise Alder, Poulenc, Richard Strauss
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Return to the harem: Marianne Crebassa seduces in Ravel’s Shéhérazade in Paris
Aladdin: Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse/Sokhiev ***** Philharmonie, Paris, 20th May 2017 With barely time for coffee and baklava after the Orchestre Pasdeloup’s Arabian matinee, I stepped boldly back into the harem. Scheherazade resumed her tales in the Philharmonie’s Mille … Continue reading