Live, Video: Kritiken zu klassischen Konzerten, Opern, Ballett und Tanz finden | Enigma-Variationen für Orchester, Op.36

Mit traumhaften Momenten in Beethoven und Elgar verabschiedete sich das BR-Symphonieorchester unter Edward Gardner aus dem Gasteig.

Die drei Finalisten des diesjährigen Donatella-Flick-Dirigierwettbewerbes wurden in zwei Vorrunden aus ursprünglich 20 Kandidaten ausgewählt.

Nikolaj Znaider und Alice Sara Ott machen sich mit den Münchner Philharmonikern auf die Suche nach den Geheimnissen eines Programms, das von Brahms über Liszt bis Elgar reichte.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Dinis Sousa bravely venture into Elgar at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, with mixed success.

La création mondiale de la Ballade pour violon et orchestre d'Éric Tanguy est une superbe réussite, avant des Variations Enigma heureusement plus poétiques que pompeuses.

Una clarividente unión y equilibrio entre Stathis Karapanos, Andrés Salado y la OEX resultaron en una magnífica lectura de Takemitsu, Nielsen y Elgar.

Montreal-bred Karen Gomyo steals the show in Dvořák's Violin Concerto with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal under guest conductor John Storgårds. 

Roberto González-Monjas y la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia abrieron la nueva temporada con un brillante concierto para el que contaron el pianista Jan Lisiecki.

Lovingly detailed accounts of music dear to the heart of the late master of ceremonies at the Proms.

Le second concert de l'Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie a mobilisé moins de spectateurs, mais les absents ont eu tort, tant le programme britannique agencé par Alain Altinoglu méritait le déplacement.

Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé are flawless in Dvořák, Butterworth and Elgar, while Sir Stephen Hough joins the ranks of virtuoso pianists performing their own concertos. 

Trevor Wilson conducts Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Copland and Wijeratne in the TSO's tour of a century of tonalism.

Working with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Elim Chan and her soloist Jan Lisiecki see very much eye-to-eye in Beethoven, with the conductor taking a left-of-field approach in Elgar.

Catherine Larsen-Maguire al frente de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia lideró una velada de gran magnetismo orquestal y para la que contó con los pianistas Lucas y Arthur Jussen.

The program also featured the debut of conductor Anna Rakitina, who led a stirring reading of Elgar's Enigma Variations.

El estreno de Edward Gardner en España al mando de la London Philharmonic Orchestra comenzó con una Séptima de Dvořák desilusionante y se resolvió con unas Variaciones Enigma exquisitas.

The Sinfonia of London excels in works by British composers at the BBC Proms, launching some of the season's themes. 

On paper it all seemed so alluring: a tuneful opening suite, one of the raciest warhorses in the stable and a national icon to close with. However, the reality in Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Elgar was somewhat different. 

The world premiere of Gabriel Jackson’s ambitious but inert The World Imagined and a complacent Enigma Variations are outclassed by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s gorgeous Solemn Prelude at Worcester Cathedral.

Mezzo-soprano Stephanie d'Oustrac also met the dramatic and musical challenges of Berlioz's Les Nuits d’été.

Alice Coote is totally mesmerising in Britten's cantata Phaedra in a concert stream from London's Southbank.  

Michael Daugherty’s Once Upon a Castle, composed in 2003, is the highlight of Edward Gardner's Philadelphia Orchestra debut.  

An all-Elgar affair by the SSO directed by its Principal Guest Conductor Andrew Litton was not so much a distant memory of colonialism but rather an exercise in nostalgia.

A fascinating new companion piece to Elgar's Enigma Variations, from 14 contemporary composers, in celebration of Martyn Brabbins' 60th birthday, performed with enthusiasm by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Ibragimova delivers a delectable performance of Strauss' Violin Concerto, while Slatkin and the RTÉ NSO impress with McTee and Elgar. 

Kanneh-Mason's tone was luminous, his accuracy formidable, his commitment complete.

El octogenario Ashkenazy, a la batuta de la prestigiosa Philharmonia Orchestra, ofreció un concierto que irradió destellos de maestría y que contó con la presencia de la solista Elena Bashkirova.

Retour sur le concert du BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra au Concertgebouw de Bruges.

Assured and mostly rewarding performances from the RPO in standard fare that underlined Bruch’s nobility, Elgar’s masterly orchestration and the originality of Sibelius. 

La Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich y Lionel Bringuier en su segunda aparición en el Auditorio revelaron lo meritorio de la injustamente relegada Cuarta sinfonía de Beethoven y ofrecieron una cuidada y sólida interpretación de dos páginas muy populares, Suite de Peer Gynt y Variaciones Enigma.

Triomphe mérité pour les deux musiciens et les membres de l'Orchestre de la Tonhalle de Zurich au TCE.

Variations of tension, energy and contrast with Long Yu and the Hong Kong Phil.

On the last leg of their first international tour, the Orchestre Métropolitain and Yannick Nézet-Séguin fully embraced Elgar after a francophone first half of Berlioz and Saint-Saëns. 

The former principal guest conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra made his first appearance in seven years to lead graceful performances of Elgar and Beethoven. 

A delectable programme from Barry Wordsworth and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with pieces by Elgar and Vaughan Williams and a rare chance to hear John Ireland’s eclectic Piano Concerto.

Simon Rattle returns to the UK in a (self-)portrait concert with the London Symphony Orchestra showcasing contemporary music

Affecting Britten, distinctive Elias and popular Elgar, with a curio of arranged Purcell thrown in, from Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Under Benjamin Northey's baton and Kristian Chong's fingers, Bizet's Carmen Suite and Saint-Saëns' Second Piano Concerto dazzle, but it's Elgar's Sospiri and Enigma Variations that truly made the evening.

Juanjo Mena, Iñaki Alberdi, Elena de la Merced, José Manuel Sánchez, Alfredo García y ONE acometieron resueltamente la multiplicidad de estilos, cuajando con maestría un vívido retablo de subsunción. 

An account of The Beatitudes that will do much to reassess this neglected work was coupled with a polished “Enigma”.

If “the girl with kaleidoscope eyes” were a musician, she might well have composed something like Terry Riley’s 2014 concerto for organ and orchestra, At The Royal Majestic.

Mercredi soir, nous fûmes cueillis par la Maestria d’un chef superlatif dont le talent à la baguette est éblouissant. Bravo Monsieur Petrenko !

Behzod Abduraimov's playing marks the highlight of the CBSO's latest matinee programme. 

The synergy between Donald Runnicles and the CSO was abundantly clear in a program of two British works and a Strauss tone poem.

NSO's debuts for Maestro Donald Runnicles and soprano, Olga Peretyatko. 

Hélène Grimaud était attendue les 17 et 19 septembre aux côtés de l’OnL dirigé par Léonard Slatikin à l’Auditorium de Lyon. Malheureusement, la pianiste étant souffrante, elle a été remplacée par l'américain Nicholas Angelich entraînant quelques désistements dans le public qui n'a pas été perdant dans ce changement!

Elgar shines after a fresh performance of Tchaikovsky with Julia Fischer and the St Petersburg Philharmonic. 

In front of an enthusiastic Montréal crowd, Yannick Nézet-Séguin led his orchestra through the varied atmospheres and moods of works by great English composers of the early 20th century.