Quinta de Chaikovski desbordante en L’Auditori con Orozco-Estrada

By Maria Sánchez, 26 February 2025

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Reviewed at L'Auditori: Sala Pau Casals, Barcelona on 24 February 2025

Beethoven, Egmont, Op.84: Overture

Schumann, Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129

Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64

WDR Symphony Orchestra

Pablo Ferrández, Cello

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Conductor

Not all mineshafts fully accessible in Cologne

Alexander Hall, 30th April

Brio is one important element in the mining of Romantic feeling. Not everything worked in this combination of Mendelssohn, Bruch and Schumann.

***11

Mathis Kaspar Stier takes the bassoon spotlight in Jolivet's concerto

Edward Sava-Segal, 17th April

A strong connection between Manfred Honeck and the WDR musicians was clearly palpable during the entire performance.

****1

Jukka-Pekka Saraste lacks romanticism with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln at Salle Pleyel

Constance Clara Guibert, 17th September

Romanticism found both its source and its end at Salle Pleyel on Tuesday night: Beethoven’s Egmont overture, incidental music for a heroic drama written by Goethe, and his Fifth Symphony, where it has been said that “Fate knocks at the door” – both works composed before 1810 – and Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs, created in 1948, when the last notes of Romanticism in music history were dying slow

**111

WDR Symphonieorchester Köln takes a gamble on young talent, but Kazuki Yamada delivers

Gavin Dixon, 6th July

The WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln put its fate in the hands of the younger generation for this evening’s concert. Conductor Kazuki Yamada is only 34. The original violin soloist was to have been Lisa Batiashvili, but she pulled out and was replaced by the 22-year-old Serge Zimmermann.

***11

Heute Feste feiern wie gestern und morgen

Jens Klier, 28th October

Frisch gebackener Ritter Măcelaru legt mit Di Castri, Lutosławski und Orff zündende Lunten eines in sich stimmigen Geburtstagsfeuerwerks.

****1

Volles zeitgenössisches Risiko vom WDR Sinfonieorchester

Michael Klier, 8th May

Das von Baldur Brönnimann dirigierte Programm mit Werken von Unsuk Chin, Josep Planells Schiaffino und James Diaz kann nicht immer überzeugen.

***11

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Maria Sánchez

Nacida en Barcelona, se formó musicalmente a una edad temprana y de manera autodidacta. Graduada en Historia del Arte (Universitat de Barcelona) y posteriormente formada en el máster Música como Arte Interdisciplinar (Universitat de Barcelona / ESMUC / Universitat Rovira i Virgili), se especializó en el estudio y creación de nuevos lenguajes escénicos y musicales. Ha llevado a cabo la creación de proyectos dramatúrgicos en torno a la reformulación del mito clásico en las artes escénicas contemporáneas, eje vertebral de sus estudios. En la actualidad, continúa proyectando nuevos discursos y planteamientos sobre la supervivencia del mito en lo social y lo artístico.

Quinta de Chaikovski desbordante en L’Auditori, con Orozco-Estrada y la Sinfónica WDR Colonia