Humanity wins: István Várdai plays Shostakovich at the Concertgebouw

Por Eleanor Knight, 11 diciembre 2023

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“Collon’s superpower as a conductor is a deceptive lightness of touch that belies technical precision”

Crítica hecha desde Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Ámsterdam el 9 diciembre 2023

Lindberg, Serenades

Shostakovich, Concierto para violonchelo núm. 1 en mi bemol mayor, op. 107

Casals, El cant dels Ocells (Song of the Birds)

Sibelius, Sinfonía núm. 3 en do mayor, Op.52

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Nicholas Collon, Dirección

István Várdai, Violonchelo

OSRF, Lintu y Gabetta en el Auditorio: la pujanza del ritmo

Ramón del Buey Cañas, 15th March

El ritmo palpita y atraviesa Elephant Skin, de Jesús Rueda, el Concierto para violonchelo y orquesta núm. 1, de Martinů, y la Sinfonía núm. 5, de Tchaikovsky, conformando un crisol estimulante y variado, que aboca al intérprete a una atención y versatilidad extremas. Este era el reto que acometían Lintu y su Orquesta Sinfónica de la Radio Finlandesa, en colaboración con, sin duda, una de las mejores chelistas de los últimos tiempos: Sol Gabetta.

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What larks! Pekka Kuusisto and the Finnish RSO at the Proms

Mark Pullinger, 26th August

New Chief Conductor Nicholas Collon passes the Sibelius test with flying colours in a fine Fifth Symphony.

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An online Beethovenathon: all nine symphonies across Europe in one day

Alexander Hall, 6th June

An all-day Beethoven experience European style with both highs and lows: much diversity revealed and exploited but of variable quality.

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Postminimalistische Erstaufführung

Simon Haasis, 10th January

Das Finnische Radio-Sinfonieorchester unter Hannu Lintu beginnt seine Tournee mit einer österreichischen Erstaufführung.

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Sibelius, Neuwirth y Walton por la Orquestra de Barcelona

Maria Sánchez, 29th October

Tres obras que forman un programa centrado y pensado para sentir las inquietudes de estos tres compositores.

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Aurora dazzle in Edinburgh International Festival debut

Simon Thompson, 18th August

Aurora Orchestra turn Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony inside out to exhilarating effect in a dazzling performance in their Scottish debut. Abel Selaocoe’s Four Spirits, on the other hand, has surface shine but not much substance.

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Eleanor Knight

Eleanor is a writer and librettist. Her work has appeared in all kinds of places from the Royal Opera House to the foot tunnels beneath the Elephant and Castle roundabout, and she has written arts reviews and features for British papers and magazines. Having begun her working life in theatre, she switched to publishing and later taught creative writing at the University of Brighton and Birkbeck. Currently based in the Netherlands, she teaches at the University of Utrecht. Eleanor plays violin and sings, though not usually at the same time, and has recently taken up speed-skating.