Carta Blanca a Arvo Pärt

By Alberto Hernández Mateos, 07 March 2015

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“ La acertada interpretación de la orquesta puso en relieve las virtudes de Swansong”

Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 6 March 2015

Pärt, Fratres

Pärt, Tabula rasa

Pärt, Swansong

Pärt, Como cierva sedienta (As the hart panteth)

Orquesta Nacional de España

John Storgårds, Conductor

Joan Espina, Violin

Javier Gallego, Violin

Sylvia Schwartz, Soprano

Two opposing Rites in Madrid

Fernando Remiro, 4th December

The latest concert by the Spanish National Orchestra was a fascinating opportunity to explore the contrast between Wagner and Stravinsky.

***11

The gracious magician: Ton Koopman in Bach

Laura Furones, 25th January

Ton Koopman's distinctively lively tempi, coupled with a contagious delight to be making music, has a fairly magnetic effect when conducting Bach's Mass in B minor.

***11

A diabolic concert for Hallowe'en

Alberto Hernández Mateos, 31st October

Giovanni Antonini and the Baroque Ensemble of the Orquesta Nacional de España perform Boccherini's "La Casa del Diavolo" on Hallowe'en night.

****1

Ginastera’s Estancia the highlight of a journey through three different types of classicism

Alberto Hernández Mateos, 11th May

Diego Matheuz convinces the public in his Madrid debut conducting the Orquesta Nacional de España. Krysztof Wisniewski and Cristina Pozas shine as soloists, while Ginastera's Estancia was the highlight of the concert.

****1

Orquesta Nacional de España and Miguel Harth-Bedoya

Alberto Hernández Mateos, 17th January

The Orquesta Nacional de España with violinist Veronika Eberle and organist Daniel Oyarzábal plays three nineteenth-century works: Berlioz's Roman Carnival overture, Dvořák’s Violin Concerto and Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony.

***11

Impactante Krzystof Urbański con la Orquesta Nacional de España

Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 31st January

La Orquesta Nacional de España ofreció un concierto de gran impacto y buen trabajo orquestal bajo la dirección de Krzysztof Urbański.

****1

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Alberto Hernández Mateos

Alberto Hernández Mateos holds a PhD in Music History, with the dissertation on “The musical thought of Antonio Eximeno”. He has presented papers at many conferences, and has published in several journals. He currently works as a musicologist at the Juan March Foundation, in Madrid.

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