Ringing ears in Oslo after Petrenko's Beethoven

Von Jack Dhainaut, 10 September 2016

Laden, bitte warten...

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“upper strings, brass and timpani beating down like driving rain while lower strings thundered”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Oslo Concert Hall (Konserthus), Oslo, am 8 September 2016

Beethoven, Symphonie Nr. 5 in c-Moll, Op.67

Beethoven, Symphonie Nr. 6 in F-Dur "Pastorale", Op.68

Oslo Philharmonic

Vasily Petrenko, Musikalische Leitung

Das Sichtbare und das Unsichtbare: Oslo Philharmonic und Klaus Mäkelä

Svenja Koch, 1st September

Triumph ohne Triumphalismus: Schostakowitschs Symphonie Nr. 5 begeistert das Publikum beim Musikfest Berlin.

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Feuerprobe teilweise bestanden: Klaus Mäkelä am Lucerne Festival

Thomas Schacher, 24th August

Nachdem der junge finnische Dirigent Klaus Mäkelä bereits eine aufsehenerregende Laufbahn zurückgelegt hat, gibt er nun sein Debüt am Lucerne Festival. Die Eindrücke gehen in verschiedene Richtungen.

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Virtuosity and volume: Oslo Phil plays Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich

Chanda VanderHart, 22nd January

Batiashvili’s account of the Tchaikovsky concerto confirms why she remains one of the most compelling violinists of her generation.

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Coup double dans Chostakovitch pour Mäkelä et l'Orchestre d'Oslo

Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 20th January

Le chef finlandais et l'orchestre norvégien ont donné une interprétation admirable – mais presque trop belle – des Sixième et Huitième Symphonies de Chostakovitch.

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Batiashvili, Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic in Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 18th January

A last-minute programme change doubles Batiashvili’s Tchaikovsky at the Elbphilharmonie, but repetition is transformed into fresh revelation.

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A high Klaus operation: Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic

David Karlin, 23rd October

In their home concert hall under their Chief Conductor, the Oslo Philharmonic produce a high quality performance of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony.

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Jack Dhainaut

Having studied foreign languages and literature at King’s College, Cambridge and the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Jack is currently teaching English and French in a small but lovely village in deepest Catalonia, where he is one of two tenors in the local choir. A double bassist and erstwhile clarinettist, his musical interests range from the symphonies of Shostakovich to the Catalan Nova Canço.