Faith, Death, and Mozart: the Pittsburgh Symphony at Spring For Music

Por David Allen, 12 mayo 2014

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“Visionary programming, good execution”

Crítica hecha desde Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, Nueva York el 10 mayo 2014

Mozart, Réquiem en re menor, K626

MacMillan, Woman of the Apocalypse

Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmélites (Final Scene)

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Manfred Honeck, Dirección

Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh

Besty Burleigh, Dirección musical

Sunhae Im, Soprano

Elizabeth DeShong, Mezzosoprano

Benjamin Bruns, Tenor

Liang Li, Bajo

Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony captivate in Bruckner

Sam Jacobson, 20th February

Honored by the Bruckner Society of America, Manfred Honeck conducts a majestic and architecturally assured account of Bruckner’s Eighth, paired with Samy Moussa’s evocative Adgilis Deda.

*****

Piquant Poulenc, solemn Sibelius at the Pittsburgh Symphony

Sam Jacobson, 16th January

Dima Slobodeniouk returns to Pittsburgh for works by Finnish composers, and the Jussen brothers delight with Poulenc.

****1

Honeck and Pittsburgh Symphony make a strong Shostakovich statement

No’a L. bat Miri, 3rd December

Carnegie Hall's visit from the Steel City's Symphony demonstrates a thoughtful ensemble's ability to make music speak clearly, even without words.

*****

Grimaud’s glittering Gershwin highlights Pittsburgh Symphony program

Sam Jacobson, 7th November

Domingo Hindoyan’s Pittsburgh Symphony debuts spans sharp contrasts from Gershwin’s piano concerto to Franck’s symphony.

***11

Dalia Stasevska makes a radiant Pittsburgh Symphony debut

Sam Jacobson, 17th October

Familiar and unfamiliar Sibelius, a coruscating violin concerto and a recent score by Caroline Shaw are the elements of Dalia Stasevska’s noteworthy debut.

****1

Honeck heralds a spirited season opener at the Pittsburgh Symphony

Sam Jacobson, 26th September

Manfred Honeck inaugurates the new season in Pittsburgh with a Sibelius concerto and a Dvořák symphony, prefaced by a contemporary American work by Christopher Theofanidis.

****1

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David Allen

David is a PhD student at Columbia University, where he studies international history. A lapsed pianist and organist, he writes on concerts on both sides of the Atlantic, and blogs at Unpredictable Inevitability.