Eine Engelgazelle vom Himmel: Berg und Beethoven in Baden-Baden

By Sarah Donata Schneider, 22 February 2020

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“eine Seele, welche in sanftem Ton, leise und sacht, aus der Welt entschwand”

Reviewed at Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden on 20 February 2020

Berg, Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel"

Beethoven, Oratorio "Christus am Ölberge" (Christ on the Mount of Olives), Op.85

Elsa Dreisig, Soprano

Pavol Breslik, Tenor

David Soar, Bass

Lisa Batiashvili, Violin

London Symphony Chorus

Simon Halsey, Choirmaster / chorus director

London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor

Denis Kozhukhin: captivating storytelling with the London Symphony

Clare Varney, 1st May

At the Konzerthaus Dortmund, Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO are joined by Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin to plunge into the depths of despair in Bernstein’s melancholic The Age of Anxiety.

***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

Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell

Charlotte Gardner, 16th April

Vilde Frang joins Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican for transcendent Korngold alongside darker fare.

****1

Han Kang’s The White Book takes on a compelling new life

Peter Quantrill, 5th March

At the Barbican, Laura Bowler's new work for Barbara Hannigan translates Han Kang's novel into a soundscape of icy stillness

****1

A curious evening from Noseda, Kopatchinskaja and the LSO

Mark Valencia, 26th February

Good, bad, but never ugly, a curious evening unfolds at the Barbican, inspired at times, ill-judged in places.

***11

Borodin steps into the symphonic limelight: Noseda and the LSO

Mark Pullinger, 15th February

Seong-Jin Cho continues his Artist Portrait series with the LSO by performing Chopin's poetic Second Piano Concerto.

****1

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Sarah Donata Schneider

Die Liebe zur Oper entdeckte Sarah durch Ursel und Karl-Ernst Herrmanns Pariser Inszenierung von La clemenza di Tito. Seit Abschluss ihres Magisterstudiums mit einer interdisziplinären Arbeit über Richard Wagner promoviert sie am Mainzer Institut für Theaterwissenschaft über deren Mozartinszenierungen. Neben Wagner und Strauss gilt ihre Leidenschaft besonders dem Verismo. Musik ist für sie „Teil des schwingenden Weltalls“ (Busoni).

Eine Engelgazelle vom Himmel: Lisa Batiashvili und Sir Simon Rattle in Baden-Baden