Schoenberg sells out in Tokyo

Par Robert Markow, 20 novembre 2016

Chargement en cours, veuillez patienter...

Voir le listing complet

“The music stole in soft as a baby’s breath, gentle as a summer breeze”

Critique faite à Suntory Hall: Main Hall, Tokyo, le 19 novembre 2016

Fauré, Pelléas et Mélisande, Op.80

Dutilleux, Concerto pour violon « L’Arbre des songes »

Schönberg, Pelleas und Melisande- Poème symphonique, Op.5

Sayaka Shoji, Violon

Kazushi Ono, Direction

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Rustioni conducts orchestral highlights from Verdi and Wagner in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 23rd January

Daniele Rustioni pairs orchestral music of Verdi and Wagner in his concert with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, prior to taking up the post of Guest Principal Conductor in April.

****1

Richard Jones directs a successful new Wozzeck in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 20th November

Richard Jones directs a new production at Tokyo's New National Theatre which lucidly articulates the structure of Berg’s expressionist music.

****1

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra excels at Summer Muza festival

Nahoko Gotoh, 26th July

The Olympics is not the only big event that is taking place around Tokyo this summer. A large-scale festival of classical music, Festa Muza Summer, is currently being held at Muza Kawasaki Concert Hall.

*****

Shostakovich at his quirkiest at Tokyo's Bunka Kaikan Hall

David Karlin, 29th March

Pin sharp playing and pin sharp acoustics combine to form a high quality reading of Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 27 and Shostakovich's Symphony no. 15, one of the quirkiest of symphonies.

****1

Augustin Hadelich conquérant, Kazushi Ono trop timide à Flagey

Patrice Lieberman, 22nd December

Rare sur les scènes belges, le violoniste très attendu a délivré une somptueuse interprétation du concerto de Brahms, avant une symphonie de Scriabine trop soignée par le Brussels Philharmonic et son chef.

***11

Gautier Capuçon et le Brussels Philharmonic conquérants à Flagey

Valentin Gautron Lavarone, 3rd June

Kazushi Ono et le Brussels Philharmonic ont donné une version bien orageuse de la Symphonie « Italienne » de Felix Mendelssohn, tandis que Gautier Capuçon a livré une incarnation manquant de nuances dans Don Quixote.

***11

Plus de critiques...

Robert Markow

Formerly a horn player in the Montreal Symphony, Robert Markow now writes programme notes for that orchestra and for many other musical organizations. He taught at Montreal’s McGill University for many years, has led music tours to several countries, and has written for numerous leading classical music journals.

Schoenberg sells out in Tokyo: Kazushi Ono conducts the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra