Fluch und Segen

By Benedikt Zacher, 05 July 2015

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“jene fein-sentimentale Süße..., die der pastellenen Traurigkeit eines Kindes innewohnt”

Reviewed at Prinzregententheater, Munich on 2 July 2015

Beethoven, Coriolan Overture, Op.62

Fennessy, Hirta Rounds (Uraufführung)

Britten, Simple Symphony, Op.4

Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61

Munich Chamber Orchestra

Isabelle Faust, Violin

Daniel Giglberger, Leader

Gods and Heroes: Beethoven stirs the soul at Klosters

Roy Westbrook, 27th July

A traditional overture–concerto–symphony programme at Klosters Music proves anything but stale in dramatic performances by the Munich Chamber Orchestra.

*****

Classics at Klosters from Onofri and the Munich Chamber Orchestra

Roy Westbrook, 26th July

Opening Klosters Music, Enrico Onofri proves that Classical-era music can still work well seen from a later perspective.

****1

German efficiency, Hungarian goulash, Turkish delight

Peter Quantrill, 2nd June

A cello concerto by CPE Bach headlines Nicolas Altstaedt's appearance at the Istanbul Music Festival with the Munich Chamber Orchestra.

****1

Heras-Casado launches Klosters Music in style

Mark Pullinger, 30th July

The fourth edition of the festival marks the 800th anniversary of the founding of Klosters with a musical journey back in time.

****1

Heiner Goebbels and the Munich Chamber Orchestra: Theatre through music

Max Woods, 23rd May

Every year the Munich Chamber Orchestra (MKO) give a living composer the opportunity to select an entire programme of their works and works by other composers that were important to them.

*****

Old meets new with the Munich Chamber Orchestra

Max Woods, 8th May

John Cage's unusual approach to composition is somewhat infamous. Thanks to his piano work 4'33" he's been firmly placed on the musical map as something of an oddball, and while that particular work may take his eccentric style to the extreme, the methods underlying his other works are equally intriguing.

****1

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Benedikt Zacher

Benedikt hat in München Musik und Jura studiert und dann an der LSE einen MSc in Global Market Economics erworben. Er spielt nach wie vor regelmäßig und begeistert Kammermusik, vorzugsweise als Geiger oder Bratscher im Streichquartett. Benedikt liebt jede Art klassischer Musik, und zwar besonders Kammermusik mit Streichern, Klavier, gerne auch mit Gesang, Orchesterkonzerte und schließlich die Oper.

Fluch und Segen der historischen Aufführungspraxis: Isabelle Faust zu Gast beim MKO