The idea of inviting a Poetry Slam champion to moderate a young person’s symphony orchestra concert was an intriguing one, and had plenty of scope to be a fascinating marriage between punk-inspired verse and classical music.
2013Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2013-11-07UTC16:38:26+00:002013-02-06Nicholas Reed reviews SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden Baden und Freiburg. Beethoven and Haas with Poetry Slam moderationHaas and Beethoven meet a Poetry Slam champion in Freiburgen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-freiburg-swr-roth-haas-poetry-slamBachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngNicholas Reedhttps://bachtrack.com/files/2214-georg_friedrich_haas_cr_universal_edition_eric_marinitsch.jpg400400Georg Friedrich Haas Universal Edition / Eric Marinitsch2013-Jan-27, Konzerthaus: Rolf Böhme Saal: Haas/Beethoven 7https://bachtrack.com/listing-freiburg-swr-roth-haas-poetry-slam2013-01-272013-01-27Konzerthaus: Rolf Böhme SaalFreiburgBaden-WürttembergGermany79098Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 147.99601957.84219952
Susanna Mälkki, current Musical Director of the trail-blazing new music specialists Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg in a concert showcasing two French impressionists’ love affair with Spain, Brice Pauset’s fascination with the symphony orchestra’s timbral spectrum, and Alexander Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy.
Can two composers have so much, yet so little in common? Or be such accommodating, yet such uncomfortable bedfellows? The SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg with their principal conductor François-Xavier Roth addressed these questions in exhilarating style, in a “turn-of-the-century time capsule” which thrilled and enchanted upon its opening.
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