Zahme Geister auf Besuch bei der Styriarte

By Isabella Steppan, 22 July 2020

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“wie ein dumpfes Flüstern aus dem Jenseits ließ Schönfeldinger die Glasharmonika im Adagio einsetzen”

Reviewed at Helmut-List-Halle, Graz on 20 July 2020

Haydn, Piano Trio no. 41 in E flat minor, Hob XV:31 (Jakobs Traum)

Mozart, Adagio and Rondo for Glass Harmonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola and Cello, K617

Beethoven, Piano Trio no. 5 in D major "Ghost", Op.70 no.1

Bach J. C., Oboe Quartet in B flat major, W B60 (and others)

Maria Beatrice Cantelli, Flute

Fritz Kircher, Violin

Axel Kircher, Viola

Luis Zorita, Cello

Christa Schönfeldinger, Glass harmonica

Florian Birsak, Fortepiano

Kafka's Ghosts at the Vienna Kammeroper

Zwölftöner, 9th December

Over the 60 years of its existence, the Vienna Kammeroper has commissioned chamber operas by Maxwell Davies, Henze and Glass and made figures including Reimann and Birtwistle better known to the Viennese.

***11

An evening of Widmann, Mozart and the glass harmonica with the RSNO

Simon Thompson, 2nd June

Widmann brings his composing personality to conducting Mozart, and uses the glass harmonica to create a sound that's as eerie as it's unforgettable.

****1

Prom 23: Storgårds inspires with Nielsen's Fifth

Oliver Brett, 1st August

The beginning of Prom 23 was utterly surreal. I found myself confronted by sounds I had never heard before in a concert hall.

***11

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

Nicholas McGegan brings delicacy and elegance to Mendelssohn

Erica Miner, 18th April

The Seattle Symphony offers an enchanting evening immersed in the joy and brilliance of both the young and the mature genius of Felix Mendelssohn.

****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.