Voyage au coeur du Requiem de Brahms

By Gilles Lesur, 15 June 2015

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Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Salle des concerts de la Cité de la musique, Paris on 11 June 2015

Works by Brahms

Jochen Sandig, Conductor

Sasha Waltz, Director

Brad Hwang, Set Designer

Rundfunkchor Berlin

Gijs Leenaars, Choirmaster / chorus director

Sylvia Schwartz, Soprano

Konrad Jarnot, Baritone

Angela Gassenhuber, Piano

Philip Mayers, Piano

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Elena Luporini, 22nd February

For her debut at the head of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Marin Alsop reflects on what a ‘home’ is through works by Tarkiainen, Dean, Copland and Villa-Lobos.

****1

From Paris to Berlin: Juanjo Mena conducts Tailleferre and Ravel

Elena Luporini, 26th September

At the Philharmonie, an all-French programme conducted by Juanjo Mena takes the audience back to the vibrant Parisian scene of the 1910s and 20s.

****1

Bychkov's uneven Mahler 8 at the Elbphilharmonie

Alexander Hall, 11th April

Doing justice to the vast scale of Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand" is itself the mightiest of tasks. Semyon Bychkov and his NDR forces only partially succeed.

***11

A Finnish expedition with Mikko Franck and the Berliner Philharmoniker

Zenaida des Aubris, 18th May

A century of Finnish music from Sibelius to Salonen as Mikko Franck guest conducts at the Philharmonie.

****1

Death and what comes after: Alan Gilbert's Mahler 2 in Hamburg

Alexander Hall, 2nd September

Opening the new season, Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester send out a clear message in Mahler's Second Symphony, both lyrically shaped and dramatically inflected.

****1

DSO Berlin opens its 75th anniversary season

Zenaida des Aubris, 19th September

The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester performs works by Lang, Pärt, Stravinsky and Mahler under music director, Robin Ticciati.

****1

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Gilles Lesur

Tombé à l’âge de 10 ans dans la musique grâce à une manécanterie il n’en est plus jamais ressorti. Quelques années après il rejoignait un grand chœur parisien tout juste fondé avant de réussir simultanément le concours de médecine. Depuis il mène de front ces deux passions !