Heimat.Musik.Leben: Măcelarus tönender Curriculum Vitae in Köln

By Jens Klier, 28 March 2021

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Reviewed at Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne on 26 March 2021

Ligeti, Concert Românesc

Korngold, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35

Schumann, Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Rhenish", Op.97

Renaud Capuçon, Violin

WDR Symphony Orchestra

Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor

Not all mineshafts fully accessible in Cologne

Alexander Hall, 30th April

Brio is one important element in the mining of Romantic feeling. Not everything worked in this combination of Mendelssohn, Bruch and Schumann.

***11

Mathis Kaspar Stier takes the bassoon spotlight in Jolivet's concerto

Edward Sava-Segal, 17th April

A strong connection between Manfred Honeck and the WDR musicians was clearly palpable during the entire performance.

****1

Jukka-Pekka Saraste lacks romanticism with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln at Salle Pleyel

Constance Clara Guibert, 17th September

Romanticism found both its source and its end at Salle Pleyel on Tuesday night: Beethoven’s Egmont overture, incidental music for a heroic drama written by Goethe, and his Fifth Symphony, where it has been said that “Fate knocks at the door” – both works composed before 1810 – and Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs, created in 1948, when the last notes of Romanticism in music history were dying slow

**111

WDR Symphonieorchester Köln takes a gamble on young talent, but Kazuki Yamada delivers

Gavin Dixon, 6th July

The WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln put its fate in the hands of the younger generation for this evening’s concert. Conductor Kazuki Yamada is only 34. The original violin soloist was to have been Lisa Batiashvili, but she pulled out and was replaced by the 22-year-old Serge Zimmermann.

***11

Quinta de Chaikovski desbordante en L’Auditori con Orozco-Estrada

Maria Sánchez, 24th February

El conjunto alemán recreó una lectura llena de matices, brillos y bailes motívicos relucientes que posibilitaron una interpretación magistral entre líneas románticas.

*****

Heute Feste feiern wie gestern und morgen

Jens Klier, 28th October

Frisch gebackener Ritter Măcelaru legt mit Di Castri, Lutosławski und Orff zündende Lunten eines in sich stimmigen Geburtstagsfeuerwerks.

****1

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Jens Klier

Vor seinem Rechtswissenschafts-Studium in Bayreuth und Bonn widmete sich Jens Klier seit frühester Kindheit musikalisch der Violine (Repertoire vom 17. bis 20. Jahrhundert). Während er zudem mit Gesang und dem Leben im Orchesterbetrieb groß wurde, entwickelte sich ein besonderes Interesse an der sogenannten 'Historischen Aufführungspraxis' und authentischen Instrumenten. Diese Leidenschaft hält sich hartnäckig, sodass er sie mit Vorliebe für das Barocke anstatt mit Finger und Bogen nun in Form der Musikkritik zu Gehör bringt. U.a. Telemann-Fan, Liebhaber J. S. Bachs Genies und Entdecker neuerer, seltenerer 'Alter Musik'.