NHK Symphony Orchestra's magnificent Mahler Six

Par Roy Westbrook, 07 mars 2017

Chargement en cours, veuillez patienter...

Voir le listing complet

“a sense of theatre, of performing”

Critique faite à Royal Festival Hall, Londres, le 6 mars 2017

Takemitsu, Requiem for string orchestra

Mahler, Symphonie no. 6 en la mineur «Tragique»

NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo

Paavo Järvi, Direction

La Philharmonie accueille le "NHK" de Tokyo : Paavo Järvi et Janine Jansen en public conquis

Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 2nd March

Retour attendu que celui de l'ancien directeur musical de l'Orchestre de Paris. Celui qui sut porter à ses sommets la phalange parisienne exerce-t-il le même art avec sa nouvelle formation, l'Orchestra de la NHK de Tokyo ?

*****

María Dueñas lets Beethoven breathe at Suntory Hall

SangKwon Lee, 19th September

María Dueñas’ Tokyo performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto is less about display than about the living drama between held breath and release.

*****

Luisi opens NHKSO's new season with Franz Schmidt

Nahoko Gotoh, 13th September

As a leading exponent of Franz Schmidt's music, conductor Fabio Luisi leads the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo in a rare performance of his Fourth Symphony for the orchestra's season opener.

****1

A versatile NHK shines at Prague Spring

Frank Kuznik, 15th May

Conducted by Fabio Luisi, Japan's premier orchestra serves up a superb blend of Eastern and Western music and influences.

****1

Joyful Mozart from Ton Koopman and the NHK Symphony

Nahoko Gotoh, 21st September

At Suntory Hall, Ton Koopman and the NHK Symphony Orchestra bring elegance and exuberance to an all-Mozart programme including a flute concerto featuring its principal flautist.

****1

Luisi and the NHK SO begin partnership with a Requiem for our times

Nahoko Gotoh, 11th September

For whatever reason Fabio Luisi chose Verdi's Requiem for his inauguration concert with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo, it turned out to be an apt and poignant choice.

****1

Plus de critiques...

Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.

NHK Symphony Orchestra's magnificent Mahler Six in London