Gute Taten mit Musik

By Huda Knobloch, 02 December 2014

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“Eben noch hoch romantisch gespielt, holte sie ihr Publikum mit Bach in eine andere Welt.”

Reviewed at Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne on 30 November 2014

Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35

Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92

Midori, Violin

Gürzenich Orchestra

Michael Sanderling, Conductor

Wagner’s Dutchman drops anchor in Provence

Mark Pullinger, 10th April

The Flying Dutchman – or Le Vaisseau fantôme as it is known in French – makes a fleeting appearance at the Grand Théâtre de Provence in a rousing concert performance conducted by the dapper François-Xavier Roth.

****1

An excellent Rhenish from the Rhineland

Simon Thompson, 22nd June

Schumann's Third returns to its spiritual home as François-Xavier Roth conducts the Gürzenich Orchestra in a fine Rhenish.

***11

Punch and passion from Gürzenich Orchester Köln

Mark Thomas, 13th April

An exciting, though brief, world premiere and Schubert’s turbulent Fourth Symphony were given impressive readings by the Gürzenich Orchestra under Michael Sanderling, with Raphaela Gromes sensitive and passionate in Schumann.

****1

Raising a glass to greatness: Gürzenich's splendid Stravinsky marathon

Roy Westbrook, 6th April

The players gathered at the bar for a Scotch as the credits rolled. After three hours and twenty minutes of note-taking, I decided to follow suit.

****1

Musical contrasts from Fabien Gabel and the Gürzenich Orchester Köln

Phillip Nones, 16th March

In Cologne, Stravinsky's neoclassicism comes up against the echt-romanticism of Schreker and Korngold, ending in a draw.

****1

Beethoven and beyond: the Gürzenich reinvents the concert programme

Matthew Rye, 21st February

François-Xavier Roth and the Gürzenich Orchestra tear up the traditional concert programme to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth.

****1

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Huda Knobloch

Huda Knobloch ist Musikstudentin und spielt seit ihrem neunten Lebensjahr ihr Wunschinstrument Bratsche. In verschiedenen Ensembles lebt sie ihre größte Leidenschaft, die Kammermusik, sowie auch traditionelle arabische und irische Musik aus. Meist mit und manchmal ohne Bratschenkoffer reist sie liebend gerne durch die Weltgeschichte.

Advents-Benefizkonzert mit Midori und dem Gürzenich-Orchester Köln