The riotous energy of carnival dazzled Symphony Hall as Alain Altinoglu debuted with the Boston Symphony in a program he assembled as a personal homage to Charles Munch.
A new ukulele concerto performed by Jake Shimabukuro was the centerpiece of a concert featuring four works inspired by the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and the Hawaiian Islands.
Every city has its favourites, and Jan Lisiecki is Montreal’s darling. There was a sense of proprietary pride in the audience as he strode across the stage at the Maison Symphonique, to join Kazushi Ono and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.
What a pleasure it was to see the effervescent Marc Minkowski conducting a programme of 20th-century French music with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. It was certainly a lively and well-thought-out concert, with Minkowski bringing all the clarity and detailed awareness of colour that he has bought to his performances of early music.
Celebrating the centenary of Polish composer Witold Lutosławski’s birth, the Philharmonia Orchestra have embarked on Woven Words, a series also involving the Royal College of Music. The title, an English translation of Lutosławski’s Paroles tissées (1965), invites audiences to consider a multitude of questions concerning music and meaning.
I had never heard any of the music scheduled the evening’s performance and so I was excited by the prospect of the all-French programme, featuring composers whose music I am particularly fond of.
Bei ihrem philharmonischen Abonnementkonzert lieferten die Berliner Philharmoniker leider meistenteils nur Dienst nach Vorschrift ab, auch wenn dies immer noch Musizieren auf allerhöchstem Niveau ist.
Quand il joue, totalement absorbé en lui-même, les images vous arrachent subitement à votre siège pour recomposer d’immenses toiles. Alors, on ferme instinctivement les yeux, condamné à voyager à l’intérieur de soi.
La soprano Sabine Devieilhe, accompagnée par Anne Le Bozec au piano, nous offre une parenthèse enchantée dans la musique française et autrichienne, à cheval sur les 19ème et 20ème siècles.
Dans le tout nouvel Auditorium de Radio France, Stéphane Denève remet la musique au cœur du sujet, dans une sobre Réformation, un amusant Concerto pour deux pianos de Poulenc et une très colorée troisième symphonie de Roussel.
