Gergiev and the Mariinsky keep the Red Flag flying

Von Mark Pullinger, 04 September 2017

Laden, bitte warten...

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“barnstorming rendition full of steely trills, iron chords and little subtlety”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Albert Hall, London, am 3 September 2017

Prokofjew, Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, Op.74

Tschaikowsky, Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 Es-Dur, Op.75

Lutosławski, Variations on a theme by Paganini, for piano and orchestra

Lyadov, A musical snuffbox, Op. 32

Schostakowitsch, Symphonie Nr. 5 in d-Moll, Op.47

Lyadov, Baba-Yaga, Op.56

Denis Matsuev, Klavier

Mariinsky Theatre Chorus

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra

Valery Gergiev, Musikalische Leitung

Im milden Licht der Dämmerung: Simon Boccanegra in Baden-Baden

Christoph Wurzel, 9th July

In einer konventionellen Inszenierung, aber einem stimmungsvollen Bühnenbild stirbt in Baden-Baden Plácido Domingo als Simon Boccanegra einen würdevollen Operntod.

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Dos miradas sobre la figura del héroe: Gergiev dirige Brahms y Strauss

David Santana Cañas, 2nd February

Valery Gergiev nos ofrece al mando de la Orquesta Sinfónica del Teatro Mariinsky dos obras que giran en torno a la figura del héroe.

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El regreso de la Orquesta Sinfónica del Teatro Mariinsky a L’Auditori

Maria Sánchez, 1st February

Valery Gergiev volvió a reencontrare con el público barcelonés defendiendo un programa basado en Brahms y Strauss, junto con la participación del pianista y debutante de Ibercamera, Nelson Goerner.

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Miraculous Russians: Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky in Florence

Elena Luporini, 11th December

Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra call in at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino for a programme of Prokofiev, Bartók and Stravinsky... and Gergiev picks up the keys to the city too.

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Gergiev et Yuja Wang à la Fondation Vuitton : féérie et rutilance

Manuel Gaulhiac, 20th September

À l'occasion de l'inauguration de l'exposition « La Collection Morozov. Icônes de l'art moderne », Valery Gergiev et l'Orchestre du Mariinsky retrouvent Yuja Wang pour un concert exceptionnel de musique russe et française.

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La turbadora perfección de Valery Gergiev y la Sinfónica del Mariinsky

Maria Sánchez, 21st January

Rotunda y milimétrica interpretación de la Sinfonía fantástica de Berlioz de la Orquesta Sinfónica del Teatro Mariinsky en Barcelona.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

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