Brahms à la Salle Pleyel

By Luca Dupont-Spirio, 21 September 2014

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“Un lyrisme « en creux »”

Reviewed at Salle Pleyel, Paris on 20 September 2014

Brahms, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77

Brahms, Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op.68

The Cleveland Orchestra

Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Violin

Barbara Hannigan surveys American voices with The Cleveland Orchestra

Sam Jacobson, 14th February

Works by Crumb, Ruggles, Barber and Gershwin offer four distinct ideas of what American music can sound like in Barbara Hannigan’s explorative Cleveland Orchestra program.

***11

The Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall: symphonic extremes

Sam Jacobson, 21st January

Following a polished account of Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony, Shostakovich’s Eleventh erupted with visceral force, as Franz Welser-Möst led The Cleveland Orchestra in a performance of gripping intensity.

*****

A study in control and proportion: the Clevelanders’ Verdi Requiem

Edward Sava-Segal, 20th January

Asmik Grigorian leads a strong quartet of soloists and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus shape the performance at Carnegie Hall.

****1

An uneven symphonic pairing from Franz Welser-Möst in Cleveland

Frank Kuznik, 10th January

Mozart and Shostakovich make an uncomfortable fit in a program designed to highlight their differences.

***11

Yuja Wang serves an iridescent musical feast in Cleveland

Sam Jacobson, 28th November

Yuja Wang does double duty in demanding piano concertos by Ravel and Ligeti, while conductor Petr Popelka shows his chemistry with the orchestra in Pictures at an Exhibition.

****1

Gripping, somber Mahler 6 from Sokhiev and The Cleveland Orchestra

Sam Jacobson, 13th November

Tugan Sokhiev memorably debuts with The Cleveland Orchestra to lead a recent concerto for English horn and Mahler’s Tragic.

****1

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Luca Dupont-Spirio

Diplômé du Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris en musicologie, Luca enseigne la culture musicale tout en collaborant comme rédacteur avec diverses institutions et revues. Il est également assistant à la direction artistique du Concours International de Piano d'Orléans.

Brahms et l'Orchestre de Cleveland à la Salle Pleyel