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Salzburg Mozartwoche (5) - Hagen Quartet, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, 30 January 2024
Grosser Saal, MozarteumHaydn: String Quartet in D minor, op.76 no.2, Hob. III:76, ‘Fifths’ Mozart: String Quartet in D minor, KV 421/417b Beethoven: String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op.131 Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt (violins)Veronika Hagen (viola)Clemens Hagen (cello)Image: Wolfgang Lienbacher Three string quartets in minor keys, two of them in the same minor key, might sound like an overload of misery, or at least darkness, but matters were more mixed in this Hagen Quartet Mozartwoche recital. It was not exactly full of the joys of spring, but then we have some way to go in our Winterreise before we reach such joys. More to the point, we could enjoy a cornucopia of invention from three of the supreme masters of the genre, Mozart rightly at the centre. Haydn was, of course, as close to the inventor of the string quartet as makes little matter, certainly its ‘father’ in a way he […]
2023-11-03 11:22:00
BPO/Petrenko - Mozart, Berg, and Brahms, 1 November 2023
Philharmonie Mozart: Symphony no.29 in A major, KV 201/186a Berg: Three Orchestral Pieces, op.6 Brahms: Symphony no.4 in E minor, op.98 Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraKirill Petrenko (conductor)Image: Frederike van der StraetenAs his wont, Kirill Petrenko, offered readings of three symphonic works with the Berlin Philharmonic that were in many ways refreshing, certainly rethought, beholden neither to hidebound tradition nor to fashionable novelty. First was Mozart’s A major Symphony, KV201/186a, especially interesting to hear in the light of the orchestra’s all-Mozart concert with Riccardo Minasi the previous week. Last played by the orchestra in 1997 (!) under Daniel Barenboim, it was more than time for it to return to their repertoire. Using a slightly smaller orchestra than Minasi (strings 10.8.6.5.3 to 12.10.8.6.4) Petrenko elicited warm, stylish playing and a similar display of the virtues of antiphonal violins, nowhere more so than at the opening of the first movement. He was unafraid to […]
2023-10-04 10:29:00
Il trittico, Deutsche Oper, 30 September 2023
Michele – Misha KiriaGiorgetta – Carmen GiannattasioLuigi – Jonathan TetelmanIl Tinca – Ya Chung-HuangIl Talpa – Andrew HarrisLa Frugola – Annika SchlichtSong seller – Andrei DanilovTwo lovers – Lilit Davtyan, Andrei DanilovSister Angelica – Mané GaloyanLa Zia Principessa – Violeta UrmanaAbbess – Lauren DeckerSister Zelatrice – Annika SchlichtMistress of the Novices – Davia BouleySister Genovieffa – Lilit DavtyanSister Osmina – Stephanie LloydSister Dolcina – Gyumi ParkNursing Sister – Arianna ManganelloAlms Sisters – Alyson Rosales, Kristina GriepNovice – Maria MotolyginaLay Sisters – Julie Wyma, Margarita GreinerGianni Schicchi – Misha KiriaLauretta – Mané GaloyanZita – Annika SchlichtRinuccio – Andrei DanilovGherardo – Burkhard UlrichNella – Karola PavoneBetto di Signa – Michael BachtadzeSimone – Andrew HarrisMarco – Dean MurphyLa Ciesca – Arianna ManganelloMaestro Spinelloccio – Jörg SchörnerSer Amantio di Noclao – Markus BrückPinellino – Christian SimmonsGuccio – Gerard FarrerasBuoso Donati – Derrick AmantidisPinar Karabulut (director)Michela Flück (designs)Teresa Vergho (costumes)Carsten Rüger (lighting)Dorothea Hartmann (dramaturgy)Children’s Chorus […]
2023-09-23 01:14:00
Recently, the following image made its way around on social media:Schubert's Erlkönig is one of the most iconic works in the classical canon, helped a good bit by the fact that it shows up in many anthologies for music history/appreciation classes. Although Schubert is rightly celebrated for his hundreds of songs, it's a little unusual that this is often the standard-bearer since he didn't really write anything else quite like it, but it packs an incredible dramatic punch. The mercilessly cruel piano part might seem to be a disadvantage for getting the song performed, but the notoriety it adds has only helped to amplify the legend. (I once expressed this in J. Peterman form.) As it happens, I spent extra time with this song while leading a piano seminar at a chamber music camp this past summer. I wanted to expose the pianists - some of whom were playing pretty advanced […]
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