Las tempestades del Barroco con Jordi Savall y Le Concert des Nations

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 08 May 2023

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“dinámica sin excesos, un fraseo circular, como si de la respiración de la tierra se tratara”

Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 7 May 2023

Rebel, Les Élémens

Marais, Alcione: Airs pour les Matelots

Telemann, Water Music in C major, "Hamburger Ebb and Fluth", TWV 55:C3

Rameau, Les indes galantes: Orage

Rameau, Hippolyte et Aricie: Bruit de tonnerre

Rameau, Zoroastre: Contradanse

Le Concert des Nations

Jordi Savall, Conductor

Savall conducts Beethoven and Haydn at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 3rd April

Beethoven's Christus am Ölberge is paired with Haydn's Die sieben letzten Worte, a journey from agony to transcendence in which the agony proves the more honest companion.

***11

In Berlin, Jordi Savall stars in a Mozart double-bill

Elena Luporini, 16th March

The Catalan conductor and his Concert des Nations bring an all-Mozart programme to the Berlin Philharmonie, with the help of the basset clarinet.

****1

Ballet du Capitole’s double bill: a glorious musical feast

Jonathan Gray, 24th October

The conducting of Jordi Savall thrills during the Ballet du Capitole's double bill of ballets by Gluck.

****1

Le Concert des Nations: Ravel for the ages at Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Roy Westbrook, 3rd September

Jordi Savall explores the music of Maurice Ravel within the context of the French Baroque and beyond.

****1

A garden of musical delights: La clemenza di Tito at the Mozartwoche

Orsolya Gyárfás, 25th January

While the semi-staging falters, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller and Magdalena Kožená prove a thrilling pair in Mozart's final opera seria.

***11

Savall's Beethoven sets Salzburg aflame

Mark Pullinger, 7th August

At the Salzburg Festival, Savall pairs two of Beethoven's most revolutionary symphonies in fiery performances.

*****

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Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Leonardo Mattana (1988) es Doctor en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. También ha cursado estudios de piano, composición, teoría musical e historia de la música en el conservatorio de Sassari (Italia). Sus pasiones musicales son trasversales, privilegiando la música sinfónica y de cámara, pero sobre todo, buscando siempre en la experiencia estética de la música elementos de reflexión.