Bachtrack logo
What's on
All eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesCompetitionsFestivals
Reviews
All reviewsConcert reviewsOpera reviewsDance reviews
Articles
All articlesFeaturesInterviewsOpinionPlaylists
News
Video
Video homeAll videoStreamed eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesPublishers
Site
About usContact usLink to usConditions of useCookiesPrivacy
Young artists
Travel
EventsReviewsArticlesVideo

Virtuoser Zugriff und gehauchtes Pianissimo: Olga Scheps in der Tonhalle Zürich

By Rolf Kyburz, 10 March 2016
Loading, please wait...
See full listing
Reviewed at Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, Zurich on 8 March 2016
Programme
Tchaikovsky, Les Saisons (The Seasons) for piano, Op.37a or Op.37b
Rachmaninov, Variations on a theme of Corelli in D minor for piano, Op.42
Prokofiev, Piano Sonata no. 7 in B flat major, Op.83
Performers
Olga Scheps, Piano
More Concert reviews
Energetic Currentzis and Utopia at the Elbphilharmonie
Mengguang Huang, 12th May

From Berg’s crystalline intimacy to Dionysian Mahler, Teodor Currentzis and Utopia defy orchestral tradition with standing musicians, spatial acoustics and an emotional intensity that breathes new life into the concert life.

****1
Korngold and Mahler from Ray Chen, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO
Roy Westbrook, 12th May
Few violin concertos soar from the first bar as Erich Korngold’s does, especially as in Ray Chen's high-wire account at the Royal Albert Hall. 
****1
Redemption and musical caffeine: Nelsons conducts Mahler 8 in Vienna
Mark Pullinger, 10th May
Sunday morning Mahler at the Wiener Konzerthaus sees Andris Nelsons concluding his symphony cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic in shattering fashion. 
****1
Alexander Malofeev conjures sophistication at the Concertgebouw
Clare Varney, 10th May

Sitting low on the piano stool and with his head gently bobbing from side to side, this is music to listen to on repeat.

****1
Era-defining string sound in the Liverpool Phil’s Mahler 9
Rohan Shotton, 10th May
Domingo Hindoyan nears his five-year anniversary at the RLPO with Mahler's Ninth Symphony. 
****1
Billy Childs' Saxophone Concerto sings a song of America
Eleanor Knight, 8th May
Billy Childs Diaspora receives its UK premiere at the Barbican, performed by saxophonist Steven Banks. 
****1
More reviews...
Read reviews of
Les Saisons (The Seasons) for piano, Op.37a or Op.37bPiano Sonata no. 7 in B flat major, Op.83 Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskySergei ProkofievSergei RachmaninovVariations on a theme of Corelli in D minor for piano, Op.42
Related articles
Loading image...
Fresh air and Swiss classics: Olga Scheps returns to Andermatt
Loading image...
The art of memory: classical music for mourning
Loading image...
A bash with the Swiss: Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer on Andermatt Music
Loading image...
Traces and scratches: the magical world of composers’ handwriting
Rolf Kyburz
Rolf Kyburz
Rolf ist ein besessener Liebhaber und Sammler von klassischer Musik zwischen Renaissance und dem 21. Jahrhundert. Seine musikalische Erfahrung (Violine, Sologesang, Mitgliedschaft in Chören und kleineren Chorensembles) fließt jetzt unter anderem in seinen Blog auf www.rolf-musicblog.net; seit 2014 bespricht er für Bachtrack Konzerte. Vorheriges Leben: Chemiestudium, 30 Jahre Spezialist für wissenschaftliche Instrumente, Computer, Software, Programmieren.