Vibraphone, Violoncello, Vokalessenz: ein neuer Chor in München

By Michael Vieth, 21 April 2025

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Reviewed at Bergson Kunstkraftwerk, Munich on 18 April 2025

Schachtner, Historien-Kantate Nr. 2 »Passion nach dem Evangelisten Johannes« für Soli, Chor und Violoncello

Bach, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit - Cantata, BWV106

Puccini, Trenodia senza parole (arr. Johannes X. Schachtner)

Verdi, Tre pezzi sacri (arr. Johannes X. Schachtner)

Bergson Voices

Bergson Artists

Johannes X. Schachtner, Conductor

Anna Geniushene impresses Singapore in early Chopin and Brahms

Chang Tou Liang, 14th June

Anna Geniushene makes a welcome Singapore return, demonstrating that knows exactly what she is all about.

****1

Dame Imogen Cooper bows out with Mozart at The Glasshouse

Nick Butters, 13th June

Dame Imogen Cooper’s valedictory concerto performance was affectionately received by a near capacity audience at The Glasshouse.

***11

Tumultuous Mahler 2 season finale from the BBC Philharmonic

Rohan Shotton, 13th June

John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic and CBSO Chorus in Mahler's mighty Resurrection Symphony.

*****

Great entertainment from the Bach Akademie Australia

Sandra Bowdler, 13th June

The Bach Akademie Australia celebrates the Leipzig Collegium Musicum of the Baroque era with an entertaining concert of familiar works and rarities, including the outright "silly" concerto of Telemann's The Frogs.

****1

Lise Davidsen’s exquisite Schubert Lieder at the Aldeburgh Festival

Eleanor Knight, 13th June

The Norwegian soprano impresses in a Lieder programme that proves the highlight of the Aldeburgh Festival’s opening weekend.

*****

Taking Beethoven’s quartets to a new level: Quatuor Ébène in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 12th June

In the lead-up to the Beethoven anniversary year, the Quatuor Ébène gives a complete Beethoven quartet cycle in Tokyo as part of the annual Suntory Hall Chamber Music Garden festival.

*****

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Michael Vieth

Michael Vieth ist Physiker und hat viele Jahre in der Zentralen Forschung der Siemens AG in Erlangen und München an magnetischen Speichern und Sensoren gearbeitet. Auch von klassischer Musik magnetisiert, singt er seit seinem Studium in Göttingen in großen Kantoreien und Chorprojekten; eine besondere Vorliebe hat sich zu Motetten der Renaissance und der Moderne entwickelt. Daneben faszinieren ihn Auftritte und Programme kleiner Vokal-Ensembles.

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