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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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Orozco-Estrada and the Vienna Philharmonic embrace Dvořák and Korngold

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Prom 61: Orozco-Estrada/ Vienna Philharmonic Royal Albert Hall, 4th September 2019 After the emotional scenes the evening before, when the Proms bade a dewy-eyed farewell to nonagenarian Bernard Haitink, there was always going to be the danger of a sense … Continue reading →

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Jansons and the Vienna Phil trump Neuenfels’ tame Pique Dame in Salzburg

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame *** Salzburg Festival, 10th August 2018 Tomsky taunts the obsessive gambler in Hermann with his Ballad of the Three Cards. The Countess recounts singing for the king in Versailles. But it is arguably the orchestra itself which … Continue reading →

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On the rocks: Castellucci delivers an ice-cold Salome in Salzburg

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

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 →

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Prom 73: Bychkov and the Vienna Philharmonic bask in glowing Brahms and ravishing Schmidt

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Brahms, Schmidt: Vienna Philharmonic/Bychkov ***** Royal Albert Hall, 10th September 2015 Imagine the musical love child of Strauss and Bruckner: luscious strings, wind chorales, hints of Austrian Ländler, opulent orchestration. This provides an indication of the sound world of Franz … Continue reading →

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