Beguiling Tchaikovsky from Gerhardt and Mäkelä in Antwerp

Par Marc Haegeman, 29 octobre 2018

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“Gerhardt, gently authoritative, immediately captured attention with his rich tone”

Critique faite à Queen Elisabeth Hall, Anvers, le 28 octobre 2018

Tchaïkovski, Variations sur un thème rococo en la majeur pour violoncelle et orchestre, Op.33

Sibelius, Symphonie no. 2 en ré majeur, Op.43

Alban Gerhardt, Violoncelle

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

Klaus Mäkelä, Direction

Philippe Herreweghe et le Collegium Vocale Gent font frémir Bozar

Valentin Gautron Lavarone, 27th April

À la tête de l'Antwerp Symphony Orchestra et d'un formidable Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe propose un Requiem de Verdi orageux et passionné malgré un inégal quatuor de solistes.

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Antwerp Symphony opens season with magical Weber and exciting Schumann

Simon Thompson, 11th October

Philippe Herreweghe conducts Marie-Elisabeth Hecker in Schumann’s Cello Concerto in this fine programme in the Concertgebouw Brugge.

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Brilliant Szymanowski from Christian Tetzlaff and the Antwerp SO

Marc Haegeman, 9th January

Christian Tetzlaff conjures brilliant colour and ecstatic passion from Szymanowski's First Violin concerto in Ghent.

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Speaking truth to power: Jaap van Zweden conducts Shostakovich

Eleanor Knight, 21st April

In a brilliant performance of the "Leningrad" Symphony, Jaap van Zweden proved that great music knows no cultural borders.

*****

Elder and Elgar: riveting Enigma Variations from Sir Mark in Antwerp

Cameron Kelsall, 14th May

Mezzo-soprano Stephanie d'Oustrac also met the dramatic and musical challenges of Berlioz's Les Nuits d’été.

*****

Philippe Herreweghe conducts an energetic Mozart Requiem in Antwerp

Edward Sava-Segal, 7th May

Despite distancing, the members of Collegium Vocale Gent filled the Queen Elisabeth Hall with an impressively cohesive sound, transparent and powerful at the same time.

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Marc Haegeman

Marc Haegeman graduated as a historian from the University of Ghent. He developed a keen interest in music, ballet, photography and nature. As a dance writer and photographer he contributed to leading dance magazines in the last 20 years, including The Dancing Times, Dance International and Ballet2000, and has been working with companies worldwide. His classical music reviews appeared in Classical Net and on his blog I used mostly my ears. He is particularly interested in Russian music and the piano. When free, he loves spending time in nature, photographing landscapes and wildlife.

Beguiling Tchaikovsky from Alban Gerhardt and Klaus Mäkelä in Antwerp