Versuchungen des Podiums

By Rolf Kyburz, 29 January 2017

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“die Streicher präsentierten sich diszipliniert unter der ausgezeichneten Führung des Konzertmeisters”

Reviewed at Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, Zurich on 27 January 2017

Borodin, Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, Op.23

Dvořák, Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op.95

Alexander Ghindin, Piano

Rimma Sushanskaya, Violin

Warsaw Festival Orchestra

Triumphant Glazunov 5 crowns an evening of Russian “Novelties”

Mark Pullinger, 17th August

Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in works by four Russian composers whose UK premieres were all unveiled at the Proms.

****1

Filing past the tomb of the master

Mark Pullinger, 7th February

Rimsky-Korsakov literally wrote the book on orchestration. In this splendid LPO concert tracing Stravinsky’s music, Vladimir Jurowski focused on the composer’s debt to his friend and mentor.

****1

Blistering Shostakovich from Petrenko and the LPO

Mark Pullinger, 13th February

Blistering Shostakovich crushed Rachmaninov in this uneven pairing, the London Philharmonic’s latest exploration into “Rachmaninoff: Inside out”.

****1

Inside out: LPO’s Rachmaninov exploration launched

Mark Pullinger, 3rd October

Like a rash over London’s concert halls, Rachmaninov (or Rachmaninoff if you prefer) is everywhere this season – not that I’m complaining.

***11

Le pianisme galopant de Ghindin, en récital à Moscou

Manuel Gaulhiac, 21st April

Dans la grande salle de la Philarmonie Tchaïkovsky de Moscou, le pianiste Alexandre Ghindine Il nous offre un récital au pianisme galopant, dominé par les figures de Liszt, Chopin et Scriabine, tous trois pianistes de renoms, maîtres dans l’art d’écrire pour l’instrument.

****1

Frank Dupree's Liverpool debut has the audience crying out for more

Glyn Mon Hughes, 14th May

A concert celebrating the 250th anniversary of the USA saw Liverpool audiences treated to a sumptuous Copland as well as a symphony as well as a barn-storming performance of Gershwin and Duke Ellington, performed by Frank Dupree who was making his debut with the RLPO.

*****

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Rolf Kyburz

Rolf ist ein besessener Liebhaber und Sammler von klassischer Musik zwischen Renaissance und dem 21. Jahrhundert. Seine musikalische Erfahrung (Violine, Sologesang, Mitgliedschaft in Chören und kleineren Chorensembles) fließt jetzt unter anderem in seinen Blog auf www.rolf-musicblog.net; seit 2014 bespricht er für Bachtrack Konzerte. Vorheriges Leben: Chemiestudium, 30 Jahre Spezialist für wissenschaftliche Instrumente, Computer, Software, Programmieren.

Alexander Ghindin und Rimma Sushanskaya erliegen den Versuchungen des Podiums