Fraternidad utópica: Novena de Beethoven en L'Auditori

By Sheila Isla Zarabozo, 05 October 2025

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Reviewed at L'Auditori: Sala Pau Casals, Barcelona on 4 October 2025

Terradellas, Sesostri: obertura

Berlioz, La Mort de Cléopâtre

Beethoven, Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125

Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano

Silvia Tro Santafé, Mezzo-soprano

René Barbera, Tenor

Davóne Tines, Bass-baritone

Orfeó Català

Ludovic Morlot, Conductor

Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia

Haydn, Sor and Mozart return live in Barcelona

Laurence Vittes, 8th July

Mozart's Clarinet Concerto started out naively impetuous, quick, breathless as if on the way to an assignation

****1

Ono/OBC: Compelling Respighi and Bartók, disappointing Brahms

David Karlin, 5th October

It's a game of two halves in Barcelona from Kazushi Ono and the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya.

***11

Turandot in Tokyo: A bold reimagining of the ending

Nahoko Gotoh, 18th July

Alex Ollé focuses in the princess's trauma to provide a back story for Puccini’s problematic last opera; Eri Nakamura captivates the New National Theatre audience.

****1

Zimmermann's Bach and Schumann stand out in Barcelona

Pep Gorgori, 15th December

This season, the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC) is turning its eyes towards Bach, whilst at the same time programming the usual great symphonic repertoire, as well as contemporary composers. Here, Kazushi Ono gathered a Bach concerto (transcribed for violin), a rarely-performed work by Schumann and Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra.

***11

Julian Rachlin thrills in Tchaikovsky's concerto in Barcelona

Pep Gorgori, 30th September

The bonds between Kazushi Ono and the OBC musicians are slowly improving.

****1

Bach dressed by other composers in Barcelona

Pep Gorgori, 28th April

Bach presented in various orchestral transcriptions made for a powerful, entertaining evening in Barcelona.

****1

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Sheila Isla Zarabozo

Nacida en Asturias, a los trece años ya tenía claro que quería ser musicóloga, en el año 2015 comenzó sus estudios en la Universidad de Oviedo. Posteriormente, se mudaría a Barcelona donde cursó el Máster de Música como arte Interdisciplinar (Universitat de Barcelona / ESMUC / Universitat Rovira i Virgili), a través del cual hizo unas prácticas en el archivo de la Banda Municipal de Barcelona, donde pudo acercarse a una formación sinfónica profesional y al mundo de la documentación musical.

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