Kritiken zu klassischen Konzerten, Opern, Ballett und Tanz finden | Michael Barenboim

Ungewohnt hart und frei von jeglicher romantischen Verklärung interpretierte Micheal Barenboim, begleitet von den Mannheimern Philharmonikern, das Violinkonzert von Johannes Brahms.

Inferno, after Dante's Divine Comedy, is a 46-minute ballet score rich in astounding, ingenious, sumptuous effects with a particular genius for unlikely combinations of instruments, and only a few obvious Lisztian references.

His gestures might not be the most elegant, but Vladimir Askenazy has a deep understanding of the music he choses to conduct.

C'est dans le monde fascinant des trois Trio pour piano et cordes de Brahms que nous plonge le concert de ce soir, servi par Elena Bashkirova au piano, son fils Michael Barenboïm au violon et Julian Steckel au violoncelle. Si cette musique reste d'une très haute inspiration, l'interprétation s'avére parfois boitillante.

This Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra concert was titled simply "Degenerate" and designed to showcase works that were – or would have been – banned for their so-called "degeneracy" during the Third Reich, either for the perceived "radical" nature of the music or for the simple fact the composer was Jewish.

In the first of two performances of this concert, St. George’s welcomed Michael Barenboim and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, previously known as the Oxford Philomusica.

No ordinary youth orchestra, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra causes quite a stir wherever it performs. Comprised of a mix of Arab, Israeli and Spanish musicians, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra is committed to coexistence and a peaceful solution to the violent conflict in the Middle East.

Onwards Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra went, then, jumping forwards from a rousing Fifth to the Eighth, once again playing the later, even-numbered half of a ‘pair’ before the odd. Asked why the Seventh was much preferred publicly to the Eighth, Beethoven is apocryphally to have replied: “because the Eighth is so much better.