Lebensfreude und tiefe Melancholie mit Lahav Shani und dem RPO

Lahav Shani dirigiert das Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Seong-Jin Cho

By Christoph Wurzel, 14 June 2023

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“viel erzählte diese Musik von Traurigkeit, Abschied und auch von Schmerz”

Reviewed at Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden on 10 June 2023

Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man

Ravel, Piano Concerto in G major

Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 6 in B minor, "Pathétique", Op.74

Lahav Shani, Conductor

Seong-Jin Cho, Piano

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

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***11

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Clare Varney, 7th November

Truls Mørk joins Tarmo Peltokoski and the Rotterdam Phil for a deeply emotional reading of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto no. 2.

****1

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Eleanor Knight, 2nd May

Musical connections between Brahms, Dvořák and Price as Randall Goosby joins the Rotterdam Philharmonic – both as soloist and orchestral member.

****1

Stylish Mozart and vibrant Prokofiev from the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Susan Stempleski, 9th March

The renowned pianist glows in Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 9, while the rising star conductor impresses in selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.

****1

Overcrowding suffocates DNO's Traviata

Eleanor Knight, 27th January

Adela Zaharia is cast as a Violetta for whom the party never stops in this revival of Tatjana Gürbaca's busy staging at Dutch National Opera.

**111

Stars, slapstick and soul: Martha Argerich joins the Rotterdam Phil

Eleanor Knight, 28th September

Soaring choral music precedes the arrival of Martha Argerich for a daredevil account of Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto with RPhO Principal Trumpet, Alex Elia.

*****

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Christoph Wurzel

Nach dem Studium der Germanistik, Politikwissenschaft, Philosophie und Musikwissenschaft war Christoph Wurzel lange im pädagogischen Bereich tätig. Er interessiert sich besonders für die gesellschaftlich relevanten Aspekte der Musik. Er lebt in Baden – Baden und schreibt für verschiedene Magazine in Deutschland.

Sprudelnde Lebensfreude und tiefe Melancholie mit dem Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra