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Beethoven's Christus am Ölberge is paired with Haydn's Die sieben letzten Worte, a journey from agony to transcendence in which the agony proves the more honest companion.

Sir Simon Rattle steers the LSO through a sequence of Haydn’s most forward-looking pieces while Denis Kozhukhin, as a late stand-in, is immense in Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto.

This Lenten concert given by Currentzis and MusicAeterna at Vienna’s Konzerthaus was certainly solemn and atmospheric – the auditorium was shrouded in darkness from beginning to end.

David Fay was disappointed by Revolutionary Drawing Room's 25th anniversary concert, a performance of Haydn's Seven Last Words at St George's, Hanover Square which lacked emotional engagement.

Stars of Lammermuir’s 2011 Musical Journey, the Navarra Quartet returned for two 2012 dates. The first of their engagements featured a single Haydn work: The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross (1787).The prospect of seven slow movements, framed by “Introduzione” and “Il Terremoto” (“Earthquake”) might strike some as a marathon.

Una interpretación preciosista sobre la herencia musical e historiográfica, llevada a cabo con precisión y claridad por Le Concert des Nations y La Capella Nacional de Catalunya.

Yago Mahúgo interpretó en el Festival de Granada una magnífica versión de la obra de Haydn en la version para fortepiano.

À la tête de l’Orchestre National de Lyon, Ton Koopman proposa de l’oratorio de Haydn une vision où la simplicité et la lisibilité primaient sur toute effusion dramatique. 

Herreweghe tient son affaire, la lecture est claire d’architecture comme de propos. Et même si le dessin porte parfois quelques ratures, l’équilibre sculptural et la cambrure des attaques restent irrésistibles. On ne croyait pas pouvoir ressentir autant de punch, autant de fulgurance dans cette musique fortement hiératique.

Die Capella Augustina spielte präzise und mit großer Hingabe; Spering wählte neben passenden Tempi eine geladene Interpretation, lautstark und wuchtig.