La saisissante identité sonore du Gewandhausorchester

Le Gewandhausorchester et Andris Nelsons à la Philharmonie

By Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 06 March 2024

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“superbe maîtrise des plans sonores et surtout de leur dramaturgie”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 2 March 2024

Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35

Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Andris Nelsons, Conductor

Leonidas Kavakos, Violin

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Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 3 March 2024

Tchaikovsky, The Voyevoda in A minor, Symphonic ballad, Op.78

Tchaikovsky, Hamlet, Fantasy Overture in F minor, Op.67

Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 6 in B minor, "Pathétique", Op.74

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Andris Nelsons, Conductor

Isabelle Faust shines, Nelsons and the Gewandhaus disappoint

David Karlin, 26th August

The German violinist gives us plenty of Czech brio in Dvořák; conductor and orchestra display many good qualities but fail to thrill.

**111

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at Oper Leipzig

Mark Pullinger, 25th May

Two notable debuts dominate Oper Leipzig's notable Lady Macbeth revival: Kristine Opolais as Katerina and Andris Nelsons in the pit.

****1

Total Shostakovich in Leipzig

Mark Pullinger, 24th May

The combined forces of the Gewandhaus and Boston Symphony unite under Andris Nelsons for a searing Leningrad Symphony, while the Quatuor Danel tackles the string quartets.

*****

Star conductor: Blomstedt returns to the Leipzig Gewandhaus

Zenaida des Aubris, 13th November

Herbert Blomstedt conducts Schubert and Berwald... and picks up a medal on his return to the Leipzig Gewandhaus.

*****

Spellbinding Parsifal caps Oper Leipzig's massive Wagner 22 Festival

Ako Imamura, 14th July

Ulf Schirmer bows out as General Music Director as the last of Wagner's 13 operas completes a successful Festival Wagner 22 in Leipzig.

****1

Sublime Strauss from Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester

Dominic Lowe, 9th May

A visit to London from Nelsons is always an occasion. The first of two programmes dedicated to Strauss demonstrated why the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig is among the best in the world.

****1

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Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut

Amoureux des arts, Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut évolue parallèlement dans les univers de la littérature et de la musique. Ancien khâgneux du Lycée Henri IV, lauréat du Concours Général en Histoire, il a étudié le violon à l'Université des Arts de Berlin et au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon. Féru d'orchestre et d'opéra, il a su trouver son équilibre sur Bachtrack où, parallèlement à ses études musicales, il anime la chronique « L'Abécédaire d'un jeune violoniste », consacrée à ses tribulations dans le microcosme très fermé des musiciens classiques.

La saisissante identité sonore du Gewandhausorchester à la Philharmonie