Una tarde "Entre gigantes" en el Auditorio Nacional

By María Elena Cuenca, 13 March 2015

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“Hippocampus ofreció un interesante repertorio de dos grandes compositores ”

Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 11 March 2015

Bach, Ich habe genug - Cantata, BWV82

Cabezón, Ancor che col partire (canción glosada)

Bach, Ich bin vergnuegt mit meinem Gluecke - Cantata, BWV84

Cabezón, Tiento del segundo tono

Bach, Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus I

Cabezón, D'où vient cela?

Works by Bach

Cabezón, Diferencias sobre el canto llano del Cavallero

Bach, Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen - Cantata, BWV32

Cabezón, Tiento del segundo tono

Bach, Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus II

Cabezón, Un gay bergier

Works by Bach

Hippocampus

Alberto Martínez, Conductor

Rachel Elliott, Soprano

Jesús María García Aréjula, Baritone

Un Lohengrin de belle tenue à Anvers

Patrice Lieberman, 10th October

L'Opéra de Flandre propose une nouvelle production du Lohengrin de Richard Wagner. Mise en scène sombre, très réussie, de David Alden.

****1

Los Músicos de Su Alteza en el Auditorio Nacional

Ramón del Buey Cañas, 27th October

Luis Antonio González al frente de Los Músicos de Su Alteza presentó la ópera atribuida a Sebastián Durón, *Coronis*.

***11

The Bach Players give moving tribute to Gustav Leonhardt

Nahoko Gotoh, 19th April

Gustav Leonhardt, who died in January this year, was a great pioneer in the early music movement – as harpsichordist, organist, conductor and teacher – and he influenced all subsequent musicians in the field whether directly or indirectly. Nicolette Moonen, founder of the Bach Players, was one such musician who, while growing up in Amsterdam, took up the baroque violin inspired by his playing.

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

Nicholas McGegan brings delicacy and elegance to Mendelssohn

Erica Miner, 18th April

The Seattle Symphony offers an enchanting evening immersed in the joy and brilliance of both the young and the mature genius of Felix Mendelssohn.

****1

Wrangling the octopus: Mahler’s Ninth with Sir Simon Rattle

Chanda VanderHart, 17th April

Less a symphony, more a force of nature, Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a turbulent, yet spacious reading of Mahler's Ninth Symphony in the Musikverein.

****1

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María Elena Cuenca

María Elena Cuenca es estudiante de doctorado en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Anteriormente estudió el grado de Educación Musical en la Universidad de Alicante. También hizo el grado de Musicología en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y a continuación el Máster en Música Española e Hispanoamericana en el mismo centro. Para su doctorado está investigando sobre “Las misas de Francisco de Peñalosa (ca. 1470-1528), estilo musical y contexto”.