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Ideal²: Lobgesang beendet das Beethovenfest und Gardiners symphonischen Mendelssohn-Zyklus

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“ein Festivalfinale wie man es sich nur wünschen kann”
Reviewed at Beethovenhalle, Bonn on 9 October 2016
Beethoven, Fidelio, Op.72: Overture
Beethoven, Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage) for chorus, Op.112
Mendelssohn, Symphony no. 2 in B flat major, "Lobgesang" (Hymn of Praise), Op.52
Lucy Crowe, Soprano
Patrick Grahl, Tenor
Jurgita Adamonytė, Mezzo-soprano
Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
Denis Kozhukhin: captivating storytelling with the London Symphony
***11
A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus
****1
Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell
****1
Han Kang’s The White Book takes on a compelling new life
****1
A curious evening from Noseda, Kopatchinskaja and the LSO
***11
Borodin steps into the symphonic limelight: Noseda and the LSO
****1
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