Rachmaninov with an authentic Russian flavour at Cadogan Hall

Par Mark Pullinger, 05 octobre 2018

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“double bass groans, cello sighs, wistful woodwind chords”

Critique faite à Cadogan Hall, Londres, le 4 octobre 2018

Tchaïkovski, Le Lac des cygnes : suite

Rachmaninov, Concerto pour piano et orchestre no. 1 en fa dièse mineur, Op.1

Rachmaninov, Symphonie no. 2 en mi mineur, Op.27

Elgar, Chanson de Matin

Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Vasily Petrenko, Direction

Barry Douglas, Piano

Oppression and exile: Russian fare at the Konzerthaus

Chanda VanderHart, 17th October

One repressed, one who struggled, and one who got away: Jurowski, Andsnes and the Russian State Symphony delight with varied programme of Russian composers at the Konzerthaus.

****1

Vasily Petrenko dégivre Genève par ses charmes !

Thomas Muller, 12th January

Mercredi soir, nous fûmes cueillis par la Maestria d’un chef superlatif dont le talent à la baguette est éblouissant. Bravo Monsieur Petrenko !

*****

Vasily Petrenko retrouve le Philhar’

Julien Hanck, 28th October

On a entendu vendredi dernier le Philhar’ dans sa forme des grands jours ! Programme compact mais astreignant, magnifié par un pupitre de bois particulièrement soigneux.

*****

Alliance franco-russe à Radio France

Gilles Lesur, 16th October

L'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France très en forme en cette rentrée comme en témoigne ce concert avec Vasily Petrenko à la direction et le pianiste Behzod Abduraimov. Un plaisir pour le spectateur.

***11

Petrenko chante la nuit à Pleyel

Gilles Lesur, 17th October

L'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France accueillait le chef russe Vasily Petrenko et la violoniste Baiba Skride pour un superbe voyage dans les ténèbres de Szymanowski et de Mahler.

****1

Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

**111

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.