Symphonie des Abschieds: Thielemanns letztes Konzert in Dresden

Christian Thielemann

Christian Thielemann dirigiert Mahlers Achte Symphonie

Ministerpräsident Michael Kretschmer mit Christian Thielemann

By Svenja Koch, 09 July 2024

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“das Ende einer Ära”

Reviewed at Semperoper, Dresden on 7 July 2024

Mahler, Symphony no. 8 in E flat major "Symphony of a Thousand"

Christian Thielemann, Conductor

Camilla Nylund, Soprano

Ricarda Merbeth, Soprano

Regula Mühlemann, Soprano

Štěpánka Pučálková, Mezzo-soprano

Christa Mayer, Mezzo-soprano

David Butt Philip, Tenor

Michael Volle, Baritone

Georg Zeppenfeld, Bass

Bavarian Radio Choir

Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden

Kinderchor der Semperoper Dresden

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

Staatskapelle Dresden

In these sacred halls: a long Sunday at the Enescu Festival

Peter Quantrill, 7th September

Bucharest’s temples of culture present rites of closure by Mozart, Kurtág and Bruckner… and a fleeting glimpse of Nirvana.

****1

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and Martha Argerich in Évian

David Karlin, 2nd July

Argerich shows her full artistry, while Europe's young musicians show impressive coordination and dynamics, if short of emotion in Beethoven 7.

****1

Bluebeard as psychothriller in Castellucci's mismatched double bill

George Jahn, 2nd August

Romeo Castellucci's intense production of Bartók's opera reaps its rewards in the performance under Teodor Currentzis, but Carl Orff's opera-oratorio De temporum fine comoedia feels little more than a drab filler.

***11

Prom 60: Intimations of mortality

Matthew Rye, 30th August

Bach in morbid mood and valedictory Bruckner brought to life by young musicians under the baton of Philippe Jordan

***11

Young Mahlerites show extraordinary insights at Salzburg

Jonathan Sutherland, 24th August

The multinational Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra proves that adolescence is no barrier to maturity in profound symphonic music making.

****1

Prom 56: Immaculate Ravel from Thibaudet

David Karlin, 24th August

German bombast. French joie de vivre. Russian soul-searching. You could hardly ask for more contrast in the principal themes of last night’s Prom, with Philippe Jordan conducting the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, from the military pomp of Wagner’s overture to Rienzi to the fairground whirl of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major.

***11

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Svenja Koch

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Symphonie des Abschieds: Christian Thielemanns letztes Konzert als Chefdirigent in Dresden