Das Cello zum Sonntag: Edgar Moreau in Riga

By Isabella Steppan, 02 September 2019

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“Moreaus Spiel ist wunderbar leicht und luftig wie frisch gesponnene Zuckerwatte”

Reviewed at Great Guild Hall, Riga on 1 September 2019

Bach, Cello suite no. 1 in G major, BWV1007

Bach, Cello suite no. 3 in C major, BWV1009

Bach, Cello suite no. 6 in D major, BWV1012

Edgar Moreau, Cello

A dramatic Fantastique from the Orchestre National de Lille

Clare Varney, 16th July

New Chief Conductor Joshua Weilerstein brings the ONL to Amsterdam's Concertgebouw for a programme including Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique and Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations, featuring Edgar Moreau.

****1

Simmering Shostakovich and subpar Schumann from Stutzmann in Philly

Cameron Kelsall, 28th March

Stutzmann's program also features the Orchestra's premiere of Missy Mazzoli's arresting tone poem, Orpheus Undone.

****1

Andrés Orozco-Estrada makes impressive New York Phil debut

Susan Stempleski, 6th December

A Colombian conductor and French cellist shine in a crowd-pleasing program ranging from Haydn to Bartók.

****1

Parisians in Poole: revelatory Franck from Chloé van Soeterstède

David Truslove, 9th March

A mainly French programme of Chabrier, Saint-Saëns and Franck drew mixed performances, but it was a memorable performance of the latter's Symphony in D minor that crowned the evening at Poole's Lighthouse.

****1

Beautiful poise: Capuçon, Moreau and Angelich alight in Tsinandali

James Imam, 10th September

Festivals and academies breed familiarity and mutual compassion between audiences and returning artists. Yet the warmly informal feel of this concert owed mostly to the close relationships between the musicians themselves.

****1

Moreau and Kadouch play Rita Strohl in Gstaad

David Karlin, 31st January

Edgar Moreau and David Kadouch make the case for ressurecting the work of Rita Strohl, thrilling in transformation of Racine's Bérénice into Cello Sonata form.

****1

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Isabella Steppan

Isabella lebt in Graz und unterrichtet Deutsch und Philosophie/Psychologie. Ihre Freizeit verbringt sie am liebsten in der Oper, in klassischen Konzerten oder im Theater. Ihr Herz schlägt besonders für die Oper des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts und die Operette. Als @operafangirl ist sie auf Twitter aktiv.