Ian Page's new ensemble kicked off with a feisty performance of Mozart's Symphony No. 29 and Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra with two splendid arias sung by Louise Alder.
The Filarmónica Joven de Colombia, one of two youth orchestras performing at the “Bogotá is Mozart” festival, demonstrated great style and panache at the Teatro Cólon.
Nested in the warmth of Cadogan Hall, Camerata Salzburg and Ben Gernon brought life to Mozart's eternal music whose multi-faceted joy carried in its wake the British violinist Nicola Benedetti.
The title of the latest Sydney Symphony Orchestra concert was simply “Organ Symphony”, referring to the work which was to form the second half of the evening’s concert – Saint-Saëns’ “Organ Symphony” in C minor.
The program was dubbed “Romance at the Phil”, but the music presented was hardly the sort to set lovers’ hearts aflame. It could even said to be a touch staid. There was Mendelssohn and Mozart in the first half. Richard Strauss is closer to the mark – this is the composer of Salome, after all – but it was his jovial Don Quixote that closed out the night.
Vendredi à l'Opéra de Clermont-Ferrand, Alexandre Kantorow, fils bien né du célèbre violoniste et chef, n'a pas fait mentir la réputation qui le précède.
Einmal mehr präsentierte Fazıl Say zusammen mit der Camerata Salzburg seine außergewöhnlichen Kompositionen wie auch seinen interpretatorischen Einfallsreichtum in Mozarts Klavierkonzert.
