Kopatchinskajas Der Tod und das Mädchen als poetischer Konzertfilm

By Michael Klier, 28 March 2021

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“ein irrwitziger Taumel... so als wollten die Schweizer dem Tod von der Schippe springen”

Reviewed at Grosse Halle Reitschule, Bern on 27 March 2021

Normiger, Toden Tanz

Anonymous, Byzantine Chant on Psalm 140

Schubert, String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden", D.810 (I. Allegro)

Schubert, Der Tod und das Mädchen (Claudius), D.531

Schubert, String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden", D.810 (II. Andante con moto)

Gesualdo, Madrigali a cinque voci, libro sesto: Moro, lasso, al mio duolo

Schubert, String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden", D.810 (III. Scherzo, Allegro molto)

Kurtág, Ligatura - Message to Frances-Marie, Op.31b (2. Fassung)

Kurtág, Kafka-Fragmente, Op.24: Ruhelos

Schubert, String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden", D.810 (IV. Presto)

Camerata Bern

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Violin

Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s profession of faith in Gstaad

Romain Daroles, 10th August

The violinist (and, for tonight's purposes, conductor, stage director and performance artist) gives a rare and precious concert in Saanen’s beautiful church.

*****

Disconcerting pleasures with Camerata Bern at the Solsberg Festival

Sarah Batschelet, 8th June

Cellist Sol Gabetta founded the Solsberg Festival to make music with like-minded people in a historically significant space and arranges programmes by, and with, select musicians.

****1

Revelatory Bartók from Camerata Bern

David Karlin, 3rd February

If you go to enough concerts, it’s bound to happen to you every now and then: the programme includes a work that you weren’t particularly looking forward to, and the performers blow you away, utterly transforming your view of the piece. In this case, the performers were Camerata Bern and the work was Bartók’s Divertimento for strings.

*****

Energie pur

Beate Langenbruch, 30th January

Beethoven und Mozart stehen in der Kirche von Saanen unter Hochspannung.

****1

A curious evening from Noseda, Kopatchinskaja and the LSO

Mark Valencia, 26th February

Good, bad, but never ugly, a curious evening unfolds at the Barbican, inspired at times, ill-judged in places.

***11

The art of connection: the Toronto Symphony visits Vienna

Chanda VanderHart, 9th February

On their European tour, the Toronto Symphony calls in at the Wiener Konzerthaus for a diverse program conducted by Gustavo Gimeno.

****1

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Michael Klier

Michael Klier macht schon seit mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert Musik. Als gebürtiger Berliner kam er 1993 nach Amsterdam. Er war Mitglied unterschiedlichster internationaler Ensembles und Orchester. Heute betreibt er eine florierende Unterrichts- und Coachingpraxis. Als Teamcoach bietet er dort Schulungen an, in denen die Kursteilnehmer miteinander komponieren, um so ihre ungenutzten kreativen Potentiale zu entdecken und besser miteinander zu kommunizieren. Denn: Musiker sind die Architekten des Himmels.

Patricia Kopatchinskajas Der Tod und das Mädchen als poetischer Konzertfilm