(Re)descubriendo a Beethoven: Sir Simon Rattle y la LSO en Palau 100

By Miquel Martínez, 23 January 2020

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Reviewed at Palau de la Música, Barcelona on 21 January 2020

Beethoven, Oratorio "Christus am Ölberge" (Christ on the Mount of Olives), Op.85

Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92

Elsa Dreisig, Soprano

Pavol Breslik, Tenor

David Soar, Bass

Orfeó Català

London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor

Denis Kozhukhin: captivating storytelling with the London Symphony

Clare Varney, 1st May

At the Konzerthaus Dortmund, Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO are joined by Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin to plunge into the depths of despair in Bernstein’s melancholic The Age of Anxiety.

***11

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell

Charlotte Gardner, 16th April

Vilde Frang joins Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican for transcendent Korngold alongside darker fare.

****1

Han Kang’s The White Book takes on a compelling new life

Peter Quantrill, 5th March

At the Barbican, Laura Bowler's new work for Barbara Hannigan translates Han Kang's novel into a soundscape of icy stillness

****1

A curious evening from Noseda, Kopatchinskaja and the LSO

Mark Valencia, 26th February

Good, bad, but never ugly, a curious evening unfolds at the Barbican, inspired at times, ill-judged in places.

***11

Borodin steps into the symphonic limelight: Noseda and the LSO

Mark Pullinger, 15th February

Seong-Jin Cho continues his Artist Portrait series with the LSO by performing Chopin's poetic Second Piano Concerto.

****1

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Miquel Martínez

Miquel Martínez es Profesor Superior de percusión por el Conservatori Superior de Música de Barcelona, y cursa el Postgrado en la Musikhochschule de Würzburg. Es también Máster en Música como Arte Interdisciplinario por la Universitat de Barcelona (UB). Colabora con orquestas españolas como la Sinfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, la Orquesta de Navarra o la Orquestra del Gran Teatre del Liceu. En la actualidad es músico invitado para las temporadas 13/14 y 14/15 en la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia. Apasionado por el repertorio orquestal, la música contemporánea y la ópera, ha diseñado programas para la dinamización y difusión de la música clásica.