Rhythmic precision: Foxy Stravinsky from Salonen

Par Mark Pullinger, 27 mai 2016

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“Salonen drove the complex rhythms convincingly, controlling the percussion assault”

Critique faite à Royal Festival Hall, Londres, le 26 mai 2016

Stravinsky, Renard

Stravinsky, Mavra

Stravinsky, Les Noces

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Direction

Irina Brown, Mise en scène

Louis Price, Décors

Natalya Pavlova, Parasha

Evelina Agabalaeva, Mother

Artyom Melikhov, Vassily/'Mavra'

Olga Bobrovskaya, Neighbour

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano

Tamara Stefanovich, Piano

Nenad Lečić, Piano

Lorenzo Soulès, Piano

Soloists from the Mariinsky Theatre

Philharmonia Orchestra

Quinny Sacks, Chorégraphie

Alexander Trofimov, Ténor

Yaroslav Petryanik, Baryton

Andrei Serov, Basse

Margarita Ivanova, Soprano

Shahla Tarrant, Danse

Sam Archer, Danse

Christopher Akrill, Danse

Adam Gilbraith, Danse

Shostakovich’s Orango keeps the Red Flag flying

Mark Pullinger, 24th August

Fervent flag-waving is usually reserved for the Last Night of the Proms, so what was going on in this Philharmonia concert? The Arena was awash with a sea of red flags, the chorus – and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen – were decked out in T-shirts bearing portraits of Lenin or Stalin.

***11

Chillingly dark Ravel from the Philharmonia

Katy Wright, 12th February

The Philharmonia's City of Light season goes from strength to strength with an outstanding performance of Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges and Dutilleux's Correspondances.

****1

European première of Shostakovich's Orango at The Rest is Noise

Renée Reitsma, 16th May

Among the brilliant programming of The Rest is Noise festival in London, there was one concert this year that stood above all the others for me: the European première of Shostakovich’s opera prologue Orango. First discovered in an archive in 2004 by scholar Olga Digonskaya, Orango was never finished by Shostakovich, and indeed only a piano score remained.

*****

Siegfried et l’art du chant au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Pierre Michel, 19th April

Pour ce troisième volet du Ring proposé en version de concert par Yannick Nézet-Séguin et l'Orchestre philharmonique de Rotterdam, c'est le plateau vocal qui brille avant tout, éclipsant l'orchestre et le chef.

***11

Michael Fabiano fait trembler le Capitole dans Otello

Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 14th April

Pour ses débuts à Toulouse, le ténor américain se distingue dans le rôle-titre de l'ouvrage verdien. Mise en scène, plateau vocal et fosse s'associent parfaitement pour livrer la quintessence du drame.

*****

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Romain Daroles, 10th April

Donné pour la première fois à l'Opéra national de Paris, l'ouvrage du compositeur américain est un succès sur le plan musical, théâtral et chorégraphique.

****1

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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.

Rhythmic precision: Foxy Stravinsky from Salonen and the Philharmonia