François-Xavier Roth zelebriert Wagner und Zimmermann

By Michael Klier, 09 May 2018

Loading, please wait...

See full listing

Reviewed at Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne on 7 May 2018

Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 1

Höller, Viola Concerto (world première)

Wagner, Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries

Wagner, Parsifal: Prelude, Act 1

Zimmermann, Musique pour les Soupers du Roi Ubu

Tabea Zimmermann, Viola

Gürzenich Orchestra

François-Xavier Roth, 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

More reviews...

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.

Ritter François-Xavier Roth zelebriert Wagner und Bernd Alois Zimmermann