Sakari Oramo elektrisiert beim Mozartfest Würzburg

By David Renke, 11 June 2019

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“Vlatkovic präsentierte das fröhliche Konzert als jugendlich frisches Mozartjuwel”

Reviewed at Residenz: Kaisersaal, Würzburg on 9 June 2019

Grieg, Holberg Suite, Op.40

Mozart, Horn Concerto no. 3 in E flat major, K447

Rautavaara, The Fiddlers

Tchaikovsky, Serenade for strings in C major, Op.48

Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

Radovan Vlatković, French horn

Sakari Oramo, Conductor

Sakari Oramo, Yeol Eum Son and the BBC Symphony in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 26th March

Yeol Eum Son’s Britten Piano Concerto formed the evening’s centre of gravity, played with lucid line, structural command and sudden fire. In Brahms’ Second Symphony, Sakari Oramo found conviction, proportion and a warmth that felt earned rather than applied.

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Sakari Oramo and Yeol Eum Son summon up vivid landscapes

Christopher Woodley, 13th March

Yeol Eum Son's superb performances of Bartók and Finzi are matched by intense and heady readings of Stravinsky and Weir by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo.

****1

Fine Lindberg and Stravinsky double bill from the BBC Symphony

Roy Westbrook, 6th February

After a performance of Magnus Lindberg’s First Violin Concerto by Lisa Batiashvili at the Barbican, Stravinsky’s Perséphone stands the test of time.

****1

Spirited Velvet Revolution concert from Oramo and the Czech Phil

Frank Kuznik, 16th November

Conducted by Sakari Oramo, the Czech Philharmonic turn in a brilliant performance of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony that lights all the old revolutionary fires.

*****

Choose life: Oramo's Mahler 9 leaves death for the last page

Peter Quantrill, 4th October

The BBC Symphony Orchestra opens its season at the Barbican on top form in Mahler's last completed symphony.

****1

The First Night of the BBC Proms: celebration and redemption

Peter Quantrill, 18th July

The BBC's annual classical jamboree is launched in fine style with a premiere and a timely revival, conducted by Sakari Oramo.

****1

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David Renke

David Renke, geboren in München, hat Musikwissenschaft an der Universität zu Köln studiert, wechselte dann zum Studiengang Medien und Kommunikation an die Universität Passau. Er spielt Klavier, Gitarre und ist als Sänger in verschiedenen Chören in Süddeutschland tätig. Sein Schwerpunkt liegt bei der Musik des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts.

Sakari Oramo und das Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra elektrisieren beim Mozartfest Würzburg