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2024-02-29 04:30:00
Susanna Mälkki conducts Sibelius (CD Review)
[…] of the Island we’re back in a world too lusty for Mälkki’s emotional restraint. This is rousing stuff requiring a certain sympathetic investment to bring off the points of ecstasy that can make the music so irresistible. One such juncture is the exhilarating return of the main theme after many measures of running-strings buildup. To be fair, Mälkki is far from alone in not doing this crucial passage justice. But next to, for example, Jukka-Pekka Saraste’s and the Toronto Symphony’s stupendous romp through the juncture in question (see Finlandia 3984-27890-2), any tepid arrival just won’t do. With Lemminkӓinen’s Return the results are better, if not top-tier. The tempo is suitably brisk and the playing very well controlled. But once again I’m missing just a touch of legendary magic that characterizes the best options. (I simply do not understand why so many performances of this piece insist upon ppp, instead of p, […]
2024-02-18 19:09:00
[…] had one of these at SFS.Shanghai Symphony, with the appointment of Long Yu.Virginia Symphony, with the appointment of Eric Jacobsen.Warsaw Philharmonic, with the appointment of Krzysztof Urbański.Bern Symphony, with the appointment of Krzysztof Urbański.Berlin State Opera, with the appointment of Christian Thielemann.Dresden Philharmonic, with the appointment of Donald Runnicles.New York Philharmonic, with the appointment of Gustavo Dudamel. Note that Jaap van Zweden leaves in 2024 and there will be a two-season gap before Dudamel arrives.Helsinki Philharmonic: Jukka-Pekka Saraste to succeed Susanna Mälkki.Staatskapelle Dresden, with the appointment of Daniele Gatti.Seoul Philharmonic appoints Jaap van Zweden.Royal Opera appoints Jakub Hrůša to succeed Antonio Pappano in September, 2025.
2024-02-04 01:31:00
Jukka-Pekka Saraste at San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony HallWhen Herbert Blomstedt, age 96, took a fall fairly recently, his doctors advised him to limit his upcoming travel, which meant that orchestras on two continents needed to find substitutes for concerts he had planned to conduct. One of Blomstedt's engagements was with San Francisco Symphony, where he was music director for a decade and where he holds the title of Conductor Laureate. (MTT is the Music Director Laureate, if you're wondering.) He is loved in San Francisco, for his excellent conducting, humanity, and astounding longevity, so of course there was disappointment that he wouldn't be conducting this season.SFS hired the Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste to take over Blomstedt's program. Both of the planned works were retained; you would expect any major-league conductor to have Schubert 6 and Beethoven 7 in their repertory. Saraste is that, having held a number of important posts, and having recently succeeded Susanna Mälkki […]
2024-01-26 03:58:00
[…] and will lead this season's programs.Shanghai Symphony, with the appointment of Long Yu.Virginia Symphony, with the appointment of Eric Jacobsen.Warsaw Philharmonic, with the appointment of Krzysztof Urbański.Bern Symphony, with the appointment of Krzysztof Urbański.Berlin State Opera, with the appointment of Christian Thielemann.Dresden Philharmonic, with the appointment of Donald Runnicles.New York Philharmonic, with the appointment of Gustavo Dudamel. Note that Jaap van Zweden leaves in 2024 and there will be a two-season gap before Dudamel arrives.Helsinki Philharmonic: Jukka-Pekka Saraste to succeed Susanna Mälkki.Staatskapelle Dresden, with the appointment of Daniele Gatti.Seoul Philharmonic appoints Jaap van Zweden.Royal Opera appoints Jakub Hrůša to succeed Antonio Pappano in September, 2025.
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