Le Norwegian Chamber Orchestra secoue la Genève endormie…

By Thomas Muller, 12 March 2017

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“des moments d’une grande musicalité relevant l’âme dynamique de l’ensemble”

Reviewed at Victoria Hall, Geneva on 10 March 2017

Grieg, Holberg Suite, Op.40

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K466

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 22 in E flat major, K482

Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

Musical resilience from Kuusisto and Barruk at the BBC Proms

Nick Boston, 31st August

An eclectic programme including evocative Sámi joiks from and powerful Shostakovich performed from memory by the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.

****1

Echoes from the past: the Norwegian CO

Alexander Hall, 17th March

Two big-boned Mozart piano concertos played by Leif Ove Andsnes formed the meaty filling in a concert by the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra that showcased their superb ensemble characteristics.

****1

L'isola disabitata: Not so deserted after all

Aksel Tollåli, 18th August

When one thinks of Haydn, opera really isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. It’s the symphonies, the string quartets, even his oratorios you think of first, not his operas. And yet he wrote 15 of them. L’isola disabitata is the eleventh of the bunch, written for the Eszterházy court in 1779, and it was this opera The Norwegian Opera and Ballet (DNO) chose as their 2012/2013 season opener.

****1

Leif Ove Andsnes reveals the richness of small-scale forms

Edward Sava-Segal, 27th January

The Norwegian pianist assembles an intricate selection of fragments, aphorisms and character pieces for an intriguing New York recital.

****1

Resplendent Strauss from Canellakis and the Wiener Symphoniker

Mark Pullinger, 17th December

Leif Ove Andsnes joins the Vienna Symphony in the Musikverein's Golden Hall for a glowing account of Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto before a terrific Tod und Verklärung.

*****

A spectacular swansong for the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival

Nick Boston, 10th August

A fitting farewell for Leif Ove Andsnes' Rosendal Chamber Music Festival: imaginative programming and excellent performances in an inspiring setting.

*****

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Thomas Muller

Podologue spécialisé en Education Thérapeutique du Patient et Diabétologie, chanteur, administrateur de choeur, fondateur d'orchestre et ancien hautboïste amateur, Thomas est passionné de musique et particulièrement vocale. Toujours sensible aux timbres des orchestres et de la capacité des musiciens de développer un chant musical qui provoque chez l'auditeur une émotion vraie, en dehors de tout intellectualisme.