Wie ein Fisch im Wasser: das LSO im Dzintaru Koncertzāle

By Isabella Steppan, 01 September 2019

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“all die mannigfaltigen maritimen Facetten malten die Musiker in die baltische Samstagabend-Luft”

Reviewed at Dzintari Concert Hall: Great Hall, Jūrmala on 31 August 2019

Britten, Peter Grimes, Op.33a: Four Sea Interludes

Britten, Peter Grimes, Op.33: Passacaglia

Bruch, Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op.26

Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64

Vadim Repin, Violin

Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor

London Symphony Orchestra

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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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.

Wie ein Fisch im Wasser: das London Symphony Orchestra im Dzintaru Koncertzāle