Live, Video: Kritiken zu klassischen Konzerten, Opern, Ballett und Tanz finden | Symphonie Nr. 6 in es-Moll, Op.111

It’s been 97 years since The Cleveland Orchestra performed Frank Bridge’s The Sea, but this weekend’s performance was worth the wait. Paul Dukas’s evergreen The Sorcerer’s Apprentice received a precise and jovial performance.

Three works written in the turbulent years after the end of World War 2 were featured in this dynamic concert with the BBCSO under the baton of Sakari Oramo.

Xian Zhang made her Los Angeles debut in a program of Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev,and Chen Yi.

The muscular piano playing of Nikolai Lugansky could not save the Russian National Orchestra’s shoddy Enescu and Prokofiev.

A pair of Soviet Cold War classics featured in Pietari Inkinen's Budapest debut at Müpa. 

Glowing Tchaikovsky from Barry Douglas coupled with an intelligently driven performance of Prokofiev's Sixth Symphony by the LSO under Thomas Søndergård.

Valery Gergiev is the most committed advocate for Prokofiev, so it is no surprise that in this 125th anniversary year, he is leading the celebrations, programming the symphonies and three string concertos too. Too much?

La OSG ofreció una velada liderada por la juventud del director y del solista y con un programa en el que destacó la interpretación de la sección de metales.

A very exciting evening at Poole’s Lighthouse with the BSO and artist in residence Sunwook Kim playing Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto together for the first time. 

Gianandrea Noseda, principal guest conductor of the Israel Philharmonic and former chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, made his Cleveland Orchestra debut this weekend in works by Rachmaninov and Prokofiev, and the Cleveland première of Nino Rota’s Trombone Concerto, with the orchestra’s principal trombone Massimo LaRosa as soloist. All concerned turned in solid performances.

It’s a fairly poor show that I hadn’t been to a Prom in years. Since it is all online and on the radio, there is the tendency to stay home and listen – but this concert was a reminder of quite how worthwhile it is to attend concerts in person. The power of live musical performance was exemplified by this varied programme, performed in a most varied and adaptive way.

Due to the snow, I arrived to the Barbican too late to catch Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks. However I made it in time for the premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie’s Oboe Concerto (BBC/Borletti-Buitoni Trust co-commission).The concerto is a highly varied piece which displayed some interesting composition techniques and contained a difficult part for the oboe.