"Feeling Good": Davos Festival concert lives up to its name

Von Sarah Batschelet, 19 August 2021

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“Pfefferkorn’s voice was mellifluous as fine honey, and the strings... were nothing short of sublime.”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Kirche Monstein, Davos, am 17 August 2021

Purcell, Chaconne g-Moll, Z 730

Purcell, The Fairy Queen, Z 629: One charming night

Schubert, Streichquartett Nr. 12 in c-Moll "Quartettsatz", D703

Simone, Feeling good

Debussy, Streichquartett g-Moll, Op. 10

Purcell, O Solitude, Z 406

Chaos String Quartet

Isabel Pfefferkorn, Mezzosopran

The Davos Festival pays tribute to Britten and Bosmans

Sarah Batschelet, 18th August

The wide-ranging programme, titled "Glitter and Be Gay!", highlights the work of two composers who were open about their sexual orientations at a time when few contemporaries came out.

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Dionysian and Apollonian: René Jacobs conducts L'Orfeo in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 18th February

In a concert performance at the Berlin Philharmonie, conductor René Jacobs gives his own – thrilling – take on Monteverdi's L'Orfeo.

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The Davos Festival pays tribute to Britten and Bosmans

Sarah Batschelet, 18th August

The wide-ranging programme, titled "Glitter and Be Gay!", highlights the work of two composers who were open about their sexual orientations at a time when few contemporaries came out.

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Starke Charaktere im konzertanten Siegfried unter Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Christoph Wurzel, 26th April

Klar herausgearbeitete Kontraste und ein überwältigend starker dramatischer Puls prägten diese konzertante Aufführung von Wagners Oper im Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.

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Vox Luminis und B’Rock mit Vater und Sohn Bach

Jens Klier, 26th April

Typische Feierlichkeit und Demut im Paradox-Amalgam lichter Dichte bestimmen diese erneute belgische Ensemblekooperation.

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Herbert Blomstedt und die Berliner Philharmoniker auf Augenhöhe

Sebastian Urmoneit, 23rd April

Der 98-jährige Dirigent und die Berliner Philharmoniker musizieren bei Bruckners Siebenter Symphonie im Einklang und werden zu einer Sternstunde der Saison.

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Sarah Batschelet

Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.

“Feeling Good”: Davos Festival concert lives up to its name