The Bamberg sound remains particularly noticeable in the unanimity and broad, rich beauty of the strings and the sublimely eloquent woodwinds, and the musical authority that lies in the roots of its history.
Joining Maestro Christoph Eschenbach and the musicians of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra for a tour across the United States, Chen headlined a pops concert of Austro-German music, complete with a riveting interpretation of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and an sufficient performance of Mahler’s Fifth.
The fifth Prom of the 2013 season welcomed Jonathan Nott and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra to the Royal Albert Hall, with the Arditti String Quartet as soloists. Nott and his orchestra became an award-winning partnership in 2010, winning the MIDEM Award for their recording of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony.
After an impressive Sunday afternoon of Webern, Schubert, and Brahms, the Bamberg Symphony outdid themselves Monday evening in repertoire by Beethoven and Ives, and another Schubert symphony. Christian Zacharias again joined Maestro Jonathan Nott, this time for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 4.
The Bamberg Symphony played the first of their two concerts at Lincoln Center on Sunday. The program had something of a Viennese bent, with works by Anton Webern (of the Second Viennese School), Schubert (the first of the great Romantics to call the city home), and Brahms (who lived there most of his life).
Nestled in the north of Bavaria lies the small medieval town of Bamberg. Despite its small population of just 70,000 people, the town boasts not only a wonderful concert hall, but one of the best orchestras in Germany.
This was the second of a triptych of concerts in Baden-Baden centred around the Russian cellist Mischa Maisky, who played here with the Bamberger Symphoniker and Jonathan Nott in an all-Dvořák programme.Dvořák's Cello Concerto in B minor is his final large-scale orchestral canvas, and justly celebrated as one of his finest achievements.
It's about time. Certainly Chronochromie is about the colour of time, but grasping the essence of much of Messiaen's music depends on being in synchrony with his take on time in music – specifically intimations of the eternal.
Brillante Solisten in Konzerten von Copland und Martinů sind die symphonischen Erzähler eines abwechslungsreichen Konzertabends der Bamberger Symphoniker unter Leitung von Jakub Hrůša
Andrew Manze, der Cellist Andreas Brantelid und die Bamberger Symphoniker waren mit Elgar und Vaughan Williams auf Konzertreise durch symphonische englische Landschaften.
Im Konzert der Orpheum Stiftung waren die Bamberger unter dem sorgfältig gestaltenden Christoph Eschenbach einfühlsame Begleiter zweier hervorragender Jungtalente, des Cellisten Pablo Ferrández und des Pianisten Dmitry Masleev.
Pizzicatos justos y empastados, adecuado dominio del movimiento dinámico desde el golpe de arco, liderazgo de maderas, afinación exacta y balance logrado del colorido orquestal son algunas de las virtudes que conforman el racimo desplegado por el director checo y la Bamberger.
Auf den Spuren unerwarteter Verwandtschaft von Bruckner und Messiaen: Thomas Dausgaard und Christian Schmitt musizierten mit den Bamberger Symphonikern im Keilberth-Saal der Konzerthalle.
Herbert Blomstedt dirigiert Bruckners Fünfte Symphonie im Bamberger Kaiserdom: zum Auftakt einer Tournee, die zu Bruckners Grab in der Stiftsbasilika St. Florian bei Linz führen wird.
Mit fantastischem Programm und herausragenden Sängerinnen gab das Bamberger Orchester unter Jonathan Nott einem eindrucksvollen Konzertabend in der Philharmonie.
Don Juan, sept lieder de Strauss et Titan : les Bamberger Symphoniker nous offraient ce soir un vaste aperçu de l'idéal postromantique allemand, tant amoureux qu'héroïque. À leur tête, le charismatique Jonathan Nott a suscité la totale adhésion du public, malgré les imperfections de son orchestre et de sa battue.
