Scheherazade through a monochrome veil

Von Mark Pullinger, 03 Mai 2018

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“Trpčeski was fully immersed in his voyage through The Arabian Nights”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wigmore Hall, London, am 2 Mai 2018

Grieg, Aus Holbergs Zeit - Suite im Alten Stil in G-Dur, für Streichorchester, Op. 40

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Song without words in E major, Op.19b no.1

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Song without words in A major "Hunting Song", Op.19b no.3

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Song without words in F sharp minor "Venetian boat song", Op.30 no.6

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Song without words in E flat major, Op.53 no.2

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Song without words in C minor, Op.38 no.2

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Song without words in G major, Op.62 no.1

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Song without words in F sharp minor, Op.67 no.2

Rimsky-Korsakow, Scheherazade, Op.35 (trans. Paul Gilson)

Grieg, Lyric Pieces, Op.12 no.2: Vals

Rimsky-Korsakow, The Tale of Tsar Saltan: The Flight of the Bumblebee

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Song without words in G minor "Venetian boat song", Op.19b no.6

Simon Trpčeski, Klavier

Erfolg für Einspringer: Thomas Guggeis begeistert in Zürich mit Ravel

Thomas Schacher, 11th December

Nach der Erkrankung von Philippe Jordan erwies sich der junge deutsche Dirigent als Retter in der Not. Plangemäß konnte er auch Liszts Zweites Klavierkonzert mit dem Pianisten Simon Trpčeski dirigieren.

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Saisonstart auf Russisch: Rachmaninow und Tschaikowsky in Graz

Isabella Steppan, 18th September

Durch und durch russisch präsentierte sich der Saisonauftakt des Musikverein Graz, der im Vorfeld noch durch eine kurzfristige Programmänderung gerettet werden musste.

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Echoes of the Americas: Sierra and Ginastera meet Dvořák in Vienna

Chanda VanderHart, 5th April

Under the baton of Domingo Hindoyan, the Tonkünstler brings Latin America and Dvořák's New World Symphony to the Musikverein.

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Intruiging French and Polish programme from Søndergård and the RSNO

David Smythe, 7th June

Filmic Grażyna Bacewicz, virtuosic Saint-Saëns with Simon Trpčeski, intruiging Lutosławski and a freshly minted Ravel’s Boléro are expertly conducted by Thomas Søndergård.

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Vänskä and Trpčeski make an incandescent match with Seattle Symphony

Thomas May, 21st March

Thrilling Tchaikovsky, chilling Prokofiev and a discovery filled with sonic imagination mark the return of Osmo Vänskä and Simon Trpčeski to Seattle Symphony.

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Spectacular Saint-Saëns at the RSNO’s Valentine’s Concert

Simon Thompson, 16th February

Trpčeski sparkles in Saint-Saëns' Second Piano Concerto in an adventurous Valentine's treat, while a slimmed-down fantasia makes Szymanowski's King Roger digestible.

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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.

Scheherazade through a monochrome veil: Simon Trpčeski at Wigmore Hall