Hrůša and the Bambergers find the measure of the Mahlerian universe

By Tristan Labouret, 17 January 2022

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“everything will be permitted, the erudite and the popular, fury and mystery”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 16 January 2022

Mahler, Symphony no. 9 in D major

Bamberg Symphony

Jakub Hrůša, Conductor

Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony with Bomsori Kim in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 1st June

Tradition reborn with thrilling clarity: Jakub Hrůša’s Bambergers light up Seoul: Wagner’s shimmering overture, Bomsori Kim’s impassioned Bruch, and a lucid yet explosive Beethoven Seventh.

****1

Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony bring Brahms and Dvořák to Edinburgh

Roy Westbrook, 7th August

Brahms and Dvořák were colleagues, rivals and friends... and the Bamberg Symphony can lay claim to both.

****1

Hrůša, Grimaud and the Bamberg Symphony dazzle at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 24th April

In his Carnegie Hall debut, the young Czech conductor leads a meaty and memorable program of Brahms and Wagner, with joined by Hélène Grimaud for Robert Schumann’s sole Piano Concerto.

*****

Dancing with history: Bamberg Symphony at Dvořák’s Prague

Frank Kuznik, 21st September

The Bamberg Symphony returns to its roots with Jakub Hrůša conducting high-energy gems from the Czech repertoire.

****1

Daniel Harding and the Bamberg Symphony give Schumann his due

Cameron Kelsall, 4th March

Despite extraordinary legato singing and transparent text work, Christian Gerharer offered an oddly mannered interpretation of the Rückert-Lieder.

***11

Not full of drama but full of life: Blomstedt's Bruckner 8 in Bamberg

Alexander Hall, 13th November

Nothing for doomsters and gloomsters here in this performance of Bruckner's majestic Eighth, turning intimations of mortality into a celebration of life itself.

*****

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.