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2022-09-02 16:32:00
Großes Festspielhaus Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act I and ‘Liebestod’ Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie Yuja Wang (piano)Cécile Lartigau (ondes martenot)Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraEsa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)A little morning light music by Wagner and Messiaen proved a fine way to round off my visit to this year’s Salzburg Festival. Esa-Pekka Salonen is by now quite an experienced Wagnerian, especially for one not so associated with the opera house. His association with Tristan und Isolde goes back many years by now; I have heard him conduct it both in Paris and (in concert) in London. This performance of the first-act Prelude and so-called ‘Liebestod’—Wagner’s ‘Verklärung’ is surely closer to the mark—spoke with the wisdom of long acquaintance, yet not the slightest hint of staleness. The same, of course, could be said of the Vienna Philharmonic—Wagner’s abortive planned Vienna premiere notwithstanding. Indeed, both conductor and orchestra took care to ensure that there was much […]
2022-08-25 16:11:00
Großes Festspielhaus Bartók: Out of Doors, Sz 81 Schumann: Waldszenen, op.82 Wagner, arr. Zoltán Kocsis: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act I Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178 Igor Levit (piano)Image: SF / Marco BorrelliFor this Salzburg Festival recital, Igor Levit offered a programme of piano music—and, in one case, orchestral music transcribed for the piano—rich in connections explicit and implicit, and beautifully balanced too. Programming is in many ways an art in itself, yet not of course quite in itself: the music needs to be performed at least as compellingly as it has been assembled. There was little problem in that respect here, given performances that never took the works in question for granted, always looked—and listened—afresh. Bartók’s Out of Doors suite was a welcome choice to open. The drums and pipes of the opening piece gave neither pianist nor audience time to adjust. Poundingly percussive from […]
2020-03-16 08:48:20
Date: April 6, 2020 Time/Place: 19:00 • Großes Festspielhaus In Salzburg, Austria ORCHESTRAL CONCERT PROGRAM: Orchestral works by: Gubaidulina And: Beethoven Violin concerto Janine Jansen, violinist Christian Tielemann, Conductor
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