A French feast for the ears from Denève and the New World Symphony

Isabel Leonard and the New World Symphony

Stéphane Denève

Stéphane Denève conducts the New World Symphony

Von Phillip Nones, 21 Januar 2024

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“in Leonard’s conception, every word had musical meaning”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: New World Center, Miami Beach, am 21 Januar 2024

Ravel, Miroirs (Spiegelbilder): Alborada del gracioso

Roussel, Le Festin d'Araignée

Ravel, Shéhérazade

Schmitt, La Tragédie de Salomé

Grégoire Pont, Animator

Isabel Leonard, Mezzosopran

Molly Turner, Musikalische Leitung

New World Symphony

Stéphane Denève, Musikalische Leitung

A relevance of violas in Miami Beach

Laurence Vittes, 17th October

In a world for which Neharo't Neharo't had suddenly become painfully relevant once again: the man lamenting his love in the gentle ending could have been lamenting the Kurds.

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A feast of violas at Miami Beach

Laurence Vittes, 16th October

The New World Symphony's Viola Visions kicked off Wednesday night with a concert of music that spanned three centuries and gave full voice to the splendor of the instrument

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An auspicious alignment of stars at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 1st May

A sprightly MTT seemed to be in the right place among the fellows of the New World Symphony, his brainchild, in a program where youth was prevalent.

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Flammenschrift und nächtliche Gesänge in Amsterdam

Michael Klier, 17th February

Es passt zusammen: Bratsche und Indianerweihen, Liszt und Saint-Saëns „Orgelsymphonie" mit Stéphane Denève, Leo van Doeselaar und dem Niederländischen Radio Filharmonisch Orkest.

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Sehnsüchtiges Heimweh: Erkki-Sven Tüürs Piccolokonzert

Michael Klier, 6th December

Denève dirigierte das RCO in Amsterdam mit der Uraufführung von Erkki-Sven Tüürs Piccolokonzert. Ravels Konzertsuite Ma Mère l'Oye war zuvor in Schlichtheit und Klangschönheit kaum zu überbieten.

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Brillianter Auftakt der Konzertreihe

Christine Roth, 28th September

Dem Geiger Nikolaj Znaider und dem SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart gelang mit dem ersten Abonnementkonzert ein fulminanter Auftakt der 54. Konzertsaison der Kunstfreunde im Palatin Wiesloch.

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Phillip Nones

Phillip Nones studied piano from age six, also playing percussion in educational and civic groups before moving to a rural area of the USA in 1990, where performance opportunities were few. Recently he has started performing again, participating in “side-by-side” orchestra performances and playing percussion in the World Doctors' Orchestra. His personal collection of music includes over 5,000 classical albums in all formats (CDs, LPs, 78s), plus downloads. In his professional life, he heads up a marketing communications firm in the state of Maryland. He blogs about the French composer Florent Schmitt here.

A French feast for the ears from Stéphane Denève and the New World Symphony