Orpheus in Turkey

By Hedy Mühleck, 21 April 2015

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Reviewed at Kongresshaus Stadthalle, Heidelberg on 19 April 2015

Wagner, Siegfried Idyll

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K488

Say, Auftragswerk des Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Haydn, Symphony no. 80 in D minor

Fazıl Say, Piano

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Orpheus CO and Vengerov deliver superb Mozart at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 7th November

The star violinist and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra bring their two-night traversal of Mozart’s complete works for violin and orchestra to a stunning conclusion.

****1

Orpheus’ musicians play with restrained romanticism

Edward Sava-Segal, 10th October

One of the most charming attributes of Montgomery's Strum is the way different individual voices rise from and fall back into a seductively colored sound canopy.

****1

Orpheus performs string sextets on top of a car park in New Jersey

Edward Sava-Segal, 3rd October

The players demonstrated again the unity of an impromptu ensemble, although made up of instrumentalists that have played numerous times together.

****1

No conductor? No problem at Prague Spring

Frank Kuznik, 21st May

Less is more in a brilliant performance by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and star soloist Jan Lisiecki at Prague Spring.

****1

Montgomery première shines among the classics

Rebecca Lentjes, 27th October

During Jessie Montgomery's Records from a Vanishing City, musical styles from avant-garde jazz to Angolan lullabies quarreled and overlapped, keeping our ears pricked for the duration of the piece.

***11

After a deluge, Bach

Timothy Robson, 27th August

A strong thunderstorm delayed the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s Blossom Music Center debut, but despite their fine playing, the venue proved too large.

***11

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Hedy Mühleck

Hedy is a former Bachtrack German Editor and Press Liaison. She's a musicologist, a great fan of British music of the 19th and 20th century, a folk musician, bibliophile and a coffee and tea aficionado. She also likes singing, cats, and to make all kinds of sweet treats.

Orpheus in Turkey: Fazıl Say and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in Heidelberg