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Jansons o el placer de deleitar: la Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra en Madrid

By María Elena Cuenca, 18 February 2015
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“ una orquesta como la Concertgebouw sube al más alto nivel la sonoridad de este repertorio”
Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 16 February 2015
Programme
Strauss R., Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Der Bürger als Edelmann) suite, Op.60b
Mahler, Symphony no. 4 in G major
Performers
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, Conductor
Dorothea Röschmann, Soprano
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Dorothea RöschmannGustav MahlerLe Bourgeois gentilhomme (Der Bürger als Edelmann) suite, Op.60bMariss JansonsRichard StraussRoyal Concertgebouw OrchestraSymphony no. 4 in G major
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María Elena Cuenca
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”.