Vom Dunkel zum Licht

By Simon Haasis, 29 March 2016

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Reviewed at Wiener Minoritenkirche, Vienna on 26 March 2016

Bach, St Matthew Passion: O sacred head, now wounded

Janitsch, Quadro in G minor

Nystedt, Immortal Bach

Bach, Easter Oratorio: Kömmt, eilet und laufet, BWV249

Heinz Ferlesch, Conductor

Cornelia Horak, Soprano

Markus Forster, Boy soprano

Hans Jörg Mammel, Tenor

Klemens Sander, Bass

Barucco Barockorchester

Wiener Singakademie

Toronto Symphony a Season Highlight at the Konzerthaus Wien

Chanda VanderHart, 16th May

After a 34 year hiatus from the Konzerthaus stage, the Toronto Symphony gave a knockout performance that had everything in spades

****1

Spectre's Bride proves an eerily good time at the Konzerthaus

Chanda VanderHart, 3rd June

In the ballad, a lovelorn maiden is finally reunited with her dead lover, who immediately tries to trick her into a midnight wedding at a graveyard after dragging her through muddy swamps filled with ghosts and howling animals.

****1

Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic: vigorous endeavour in Mahler's “Resurrection”

Rina Altaras, 14th January

A well prepared "Resurrection" by BIPO under the baton of Sacha Goetzel which left a slightly bittersweet taste.

***11

Odd Schubert and Janáček pairing opens season

Chanda VanderHart, 2nd October

Though Jordan and the Wiener Symphoniker have been happy bedfellows many times before, this concert marked the beginning of a new stage in their relationship.

***11

Dudamel and the Vienna Philharmonic celebrate the Konzerthaus' centennial with Beethoven 9

Chanda VanderHart, 20th October

The opening concert of the Wiener Konzerthaus in 1913 featured a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with a celebratory prelude written by Richard Strauss. To mark its 100 year birthday, this Sunday morning the Vienna Philharmonic, led by the eminently engaging Gustavo Dudamel, performed Beethoven’s Ninth as well, but this time with a “Prolog” written by living composer Aribert Reimann.

****1

A musical thrill at the Wiener Konzerthaus: Simon Boccanegra recorded live

Snapdragon, 17th April

With the business situation in the recording industry being what it is, studio recordings of operas are more or less ruled out. The positive side of this is that the general public gets the chance to be part of concerts that are recorded and enjoy the tension such an event creates more often.

*****

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Simon Haasis

Simon Haasis ist Musik- und Kulturwissenschaftler, der in Wien lebt und arbeitet. Auf der Zielgerade zu seiner Dissertation befindlich, macht er das Wiener Konzert- und Opernleben unsicher, indem er stets auf der Suche nach ausgewählten Raritäten von der Renaissancemusik bis zur neuesten Avantgarde ist. Besonders angetan hat es ihm das Musiktheater in seinen vielfältigen Ausdrucksformen. Neben publizistischer und vortragender Tätigkeit lehrt er derzeit an der Universität Wien zur französischen Operngeschichte.

Vom Dunkel zum Licht: Immortal in der Wiener Minoritenkirche