Mostly Mozart concludes with a deeply-felt Requiem

Por Sam Jacobson, 13 agosto 2018

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Crítica hecha desde Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, Nueva York el 10 agosto 2018

Mozart, Meistermusik (Maurerische Trauermusik), K477 (K479a)

Mozart, Concierto para piano núm. 21 en do mayor, "Elvira Madigan", K467

Mozart, Réquiem en re menor, K626

Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

Louis Langrée, Dirección

Sir Stephen Hough, Piano

Jodie Devos, Soprano

Jennifer Johnson Cano, Mezzosoprano

Andrew Stenson, Tenor

Ryan Speedo Green, Bajo

Concert Chorale of New York

Louis Langrée begins final week with Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

David Wolfson, 8th August

Langrée's incoherent but enjoyable program skips through five centuries of music history from Lully to Valerie Coleman.

***11

Contrasting halves from Mostly Mozart Orchestra and Heyward

Edward Sava-Segal, 4th August

Jessie Montgomery's 2016 Records from a Vanishing City enthralls, Barber’s Violin Concerto is exquisite; Schumann's Rhenish disappoints.

***11

In New York, Gemma New makes “Mostly Mozart” mostly magic

David Wolfson, 1st August

Gemma New makes a positive impressive in the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra's lively rendition of the “Prague” Symphony.

****1

Langrée pairs ambitious premiere with uneven Mass at Mostly Mozart

David Wolfson, 25th July

The world premiere of Iraqi-American composer Amir ElSaffar's ambitious Dhikra (Remembrance) very nearly succeeds in its ambitions.

****1

Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra offers a Requiem for itself

David Wolfson, 5th August

Amid an uncertain future for the Mostly Mozart Festival, conductor Louis Langrée led a fiery program that overflowed with rage rather than grief.

****1

Mozart and Brahms shine in a bold, romantic glow

Linda Holt, 30th July

Romanticized but highly enjoyable Mozart performances, monumental Brahms, but more gusto than tenderness characterized the program.

****1

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Sam Jacobson

Sam Jacobson has been writing for Bachtrack since 2015 and is currently in Pittsburgh, having previously lived throughout the Midwest. A keen traveler, he endeavors to see all the great orchestras and opera houses across the US and abroad. Outside of music, he works as a software engineer. He also maintains a blog which can be read here.