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2024-03-28 07:26:00
Without a shadow of doubt, a brilliant programme all round: Sibelius, Prokofiev & Saariaho in Berlin with Jan Lisiecki, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Tarmo Peltokoski
Jan Lisiecki (Photo: Christoph Köstlin/Deutsche Grammophon)Kaija Saariaho: Ciel d’hiver (Winter sky), Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite; Jan Lisiecki, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, cond. Tarmo Peltokoski; Philharmonie, BerlinReviewed by Tony Cooper, 23 March 2024Helsinki-born composer, Kaija Anneli Saariaho’s Ciel d’hiver made a great contribution to Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester’s concert at the Philharmonie, BerlinWhilst taking a break from Dmitri Tcherniakov’s Ring cycle at Staatsoper Berlin [see Tony's review], I took in a concert by Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conductor Tarmo Peltokoski, at the Philharmonie in a well-planned programme comprising Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor with soloist Jan Lisiecki, Sibelius’ Lemminkäinen Suite and a piece by the Helsinki-born composer, Kaija Saariaho, entitled Ciel d’hiver (Winter sky). In fact, the concert opened with Ciel d’hiver. And being not too familiar with Saariaho’s music, I soon discovered that she was a prolific and futuristic writer who penned a trio of […]
2024-03-11 16:48:00
Rosamunde String Quartet. Bejamin Hochman, piano. March 10, 2024.
Town Hall. Auditorium. (Seat N117, $15.45)ProgramString Quartet in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2 (1772) by Haydn (1792-1809).String Quartet No. 3 (1927) by Bartok (1881-1945).Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 (1842) by R. Schumann (1810-1856).At the end of the concert. Bendix-Balgley, Hochman, Yao, Vickery and Li.Quartet: Noah Bendix-Balgley and Shanshan Yao, violins; Teng Li, viola; Nathan Vickery, cello.This is another concert in the PSC series that I subscribed to for the season. Even in my jag-lagged state (I returned from a 3+ week trip to Australia and Asia the day before), it had to be one of the more enjoyable and well-performed concerts I have attended.As I have stated many times before, I am not a chamber music person. It's counterintuitive that four or five lines of music are more difficult to follow than the many sections in a symphony orchestra. My brain and my ears are just not […]