Reformationskonzert im Hamburger Michel

By Isabel Schubert, 01 November 2017

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“Die Musik ist eine Gabe... Gottes; sie vertreibt den Teufel und macht die Menschen fröhlich.”

Reviewed at Hauptkirche St Michaelis, Hamburg on 30 October 2017

Mendelssohn, Symphony no. 2 in B flat major, "Lobgesang" (Hymn of Praise), Op.52

Mendelssohn, Symphony no. 5 in D major, "Reformation", Op.107

St Michael's Chorus

Concerto con anima

Christoph Schoener, Conductor

Chen Reiss, Soprano

Bettina Pahn, Soprano

Werner Güra, Tenor

St Michael's Chorus and Orchestra at St George's Bristol sing the B minor Mass

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 29th September

This charity concert (supporting the Cots for Tots appeal) filled St George’s Bristol with the sound of J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor. There was passion in the performance of the St Michael’s orchestra and chorus, which was made up of a combination of doctors and volunteers.

****1

Classics at Klosters from Onofri and the Munich Chamber Orchestra

Roy Westbrook, 26th July

Opening Klosters Music, Enrico Onofri proves that Classical-era music can still work well seen from a later perspective.

****1

A weighty hymn of praise at the Santa Cecilia

Mark Pullinger, 26th November

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha is the pick of the soloists in a weighty reading of Mendelssohn's Lobgesang under Kazuki Yamada. But can Schubert's Fifth withstand the same approach?

***11

Nézet-Séguin and the COE bring Beethoven to Baden-Baden

Cameron Kelsall, 4th July

The elegance of the First Symphony served as a perfect curtain raiser for the mammoth, exultant Ninth.

*****

Sublime singing in Scenes from Goethe's Faust

Jenny Camilleri, 6th December

Soloists and choir, headed by a spellbinding Christian Gerhaher, brought real lustre to Schumann’s treatment of Goethe’s magnum opus.

****1

Honeck leads Pittsburgh Symphony in an astonishing Beethoven 9

William E Ford, 6th June

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, under Music Director Manfred Honeck, the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and soloists gave a brilliant performance of Beethoven's monumental Ninth Symphony.

*****

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Isabel Schubert

Isabel studierte an der Universität Hamburg Finnougristik und Historische Musikwissenschaft. Heute ist sie als Programmheftredakteurin für die Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern tätig. Von Kindesbeinen an besuchte Isabel Konzerte in ihrer Heimatstadt Hamburg und erlernte das Klavierspiel und das Singen im Chor. Die große Symphonik des 19. Jahrhunderts, Chormusik sowie die historisch informierte Aufführungspraxis liegen ihr besonders am Herzen.