En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Martinů

L’Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne de passage en terres genevoises aura offert un bien lumineux Concerto pour deux orchestres de Bohuslav Martinů. 

Messagesquisse de Boulez est une prise de risque admirable dans un concert qui rejoint la grande Sol Gabetta avec Martinů et Respighi.

Séduisant rapprochement de styles divergents, mais surtout de timbres inaccoutumés, ce choix d’œuvres audacieux met à l’honneur des instruments aussi inhabituels que le basson ou le cor, brouille les harmonies familières.

Albert Roussel disait de Bohuslav Martinů « ce sera mon chef-d'œuvre ». 

Un rush hour rutilant au Victoria Hall vendredi soir, dont le joyau fut certainement le hautbois somptueux d'Alexeï Ogrintchouk !

Making connections between works real and emphasising the value of tradition were addressed in this mix of Bartók, Martinů and Mahler from Manfred Honeck, Frank-Peter Zimmermann and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester.

Bereits zum dritten Mal fanden sich Klaus Mäkelä und das BRSO zu einem spannenden Konzertabend mit Bartók, Martinů und Mahler.

Hans Keller's mischievous essay on “Phoney Professions” lists  both viola players (“it’s just a big violin”) and conductors among its targets. This performance refuted that, as surely as it delighted everyone else.

A varied programme of harpsichord pieces interleaves with songs from Shakespeare and the following century.

Krása, Dvořák, Haas and Martinů made for a splendidly curated programme from Edinburgh. 

Both live and online, a gifted conductor and world-class orchestra offer an inspirational overview of Czech music.

Die Münchner Symphoniker verbinden bei ihrer Kammermusikreihe „Sommermusik” leichte und ernste Musik und das klappt überraschend gut.

At a time when the “relevance” is bandied around all too frequently in relation to opera, Martinů's really does deserve that tag. 

A tribute to the theremin offers a fresh look at a century-old instrument.

Bernarda Fink, acompañada por Anthony Spiri al piano, hizo gala de sus diversas proveniencias confeccionando un programa que fue desde los aires eslavos hasta las pampas argentinas, pasando por la España de Manuel de Falla y Joaquín Rodrigo.

Špaček subtly illuminated the tough and serious first movement with shafts of light, convincingly sweetened his tone for the lyricism of the intermezzo-like Andante moderato, and gave a dazzling display in the exhilarating finale.

Andrei Ioniţă proved to be an ideal interpreter of Dvorak's Cello Concerto in a concert that also included a magnificent performance of Martinů's Fourth Symphony.

Brillante Solisten in Konzerten von Copland und Martinů sind die symphonischen Erzähler eines abwechslungsreichen Konzertabends der Bamberger Symphoniker unter Leitung von Jakub Hrůša

After blazing new trails abroad, the Czech Philhamonic keeps its hometown fans happy with a rousing return to form.

Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the LPO offer an eclectic and unusual mix of works which, despite commendable playing, never quite added up to a satisfying whole.

In a typically ambitious programme, Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra explored how four Czech composers responded to imprisonment, exile and renewal.

Frank Peter Zimmermann guía al público del Palacio Euskalduna en un viaje musical a lo largo del continente europeo de la mano de Gaubert, Martinů y Dvorák.

Martinůs' musikalisch interessantes Doppelkonzert wird von den Wiener Symphonikern technisch ausgezeichnet realisiert.

Intergenerational ensemble-making was the key feature of the opening concert of Suntory Hall's Chamber Music Garden festival, produced by eminent cellist and the hall's President Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi.

Alban Gerhardt in Martinů’s Cello Concerto no. 1 was a dazzling achievement in the Belgrade Philharmonic’s concert under Uroš Lajovic, along with atmospheric Sibelius and polished Tchaikovsky.

El ritmo palpita y atraviesa Elephant Skin, de Jesús Rueda, el Concierto para violonchelo y orquesta núm. 1, de Martinů, y la Sinfonía núm. 5, de Tchaikovsky, conformando un crisol estimulante y variado, que aboca al intérprete a una atención y versatilidad extremas. Este era el reto que acometían Lintu y su Orquesta Sinfónica de la Radio Finlandesa, en colaboración con, sin duda, una de las mejores chelistas de los últimos tiempos: Sol Gabetta.

Is there any instrument more bittersweet than the viola? The violin does the acrobatics, the cello is more conventionally beautiful, but the viola sits in the middle of the orchestral palette like no other instrument. Neither high nor low, it’s perfectly placed to embody the contradictory and the conflicted, ideal for a sense of desire denied or of fulfilment deferred.

Top notch musicianship from the Schubert Ensemble in their final appearance at King’s Place. 

Conductor Tomáš Netopil combines the best of two worlds at the Dvořákʼs Prague festival.

The effervescent conductor took six little-known Czech works into another ether: one in which the footprints are invisible.

It was a successful program that showed off the considerable range of a talented and charming troupe.

Ludovic Morlot and Seattle Symphony wrap up their two-year Beethoven cycle with a new perspective on the Fifth, by way of Bohuslav Martinů and a thrilling Bartók Second Piano Concerto featuring Bertrand Chamayou.

Cellist Gautier Capuçon and pianist Frank Braley are artists I have previously admired in many chamber ensemble concerts, but their recital at Kings Place was the first time I heard them as a duo.

The Czech Philharmonic brings The Epic of Gilgamesh to life with audacity and flair.

Kancheli, Martinů and Vaughan Williams – all of whom have at various times been misunderstood or ignored – featured in this bold programme from Vladamir Jurowski and the LPO.

A firecracker performance by Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin giving urgency to music composed at a time that echoes our own.

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra produced wonderfully supportive playing for pianist Alexander Romanovsky in Rachmaninov’s youthful First Piano Concerto and vividly brought to life Martinů’s Fourth Symphony.

The program also included Martinů’s undeservedly neglected Parables and restrained, lyrical Brahms.

The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is firing on all cylinders with this double bill of rare surrealist operas by Martinů.

An outstanding premiere of Bohuslav Martinů's Juliette at the Schiller Theater in Berlin has a delighted public jumping to their feet with applause.

A vast world of movement rose in celebration of the body’s athleticism and its subtle connection to emotions and personality. 

Die Kieler Philharmoniker traten in großer Symphoniebesetzung mit drei Schlagwerkern auf, und sogar die dem Konzertsaal eigene Orgel wurde an diesem Abend gespielt.

This season's Director's Choice presents three works by choreographers Justin Peck, Alejandro Cerrudo and Paul Gibson, who, according to PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal, are among the "truly gifted" of our time.  

Keine Flüchtlingsoper sondern zeitlose Fragen: Ein riesiges Sängerensemble und das bestens disponierte Orchester meisterte die Mammutaufgabe, die Martinůs Oper darstellt, bravourös.

Nach Martinůs Mahnmal für Licide ließen Mariss Jansons und das BRSO den Hörer mit Schostakowitschs Siebter sprachlos zurück.

Debuts all round: pianist Igor Levit in Beethoven 5, and a debut of Czech composer's Martinu's Symphony no 6. 

Ludovic Morlot couples an intriguingly pessimistic new work by Giya Kancheli with Martinů's end-of-war Symphony no. 4 and the Brahms Violin Concerto featuring Renaud Capuçon.

Jean-Guihen Queyras chose to open his Wigmore Hall residency with an evening of flute trios together with two of his illustrious chamber-music friends, Emmanuel Pahud and Eric Le Sage.