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CologneGürzenich Orchestra
Dukas, Gabrieli, Mozart, Varèse, Martinů, Mahler
Gürzenich Orchestra; François-Xavier Roth
CologneLahav Shani conducts Weill
Avni, Mendelssohn, Weill
Gürzenich Orchestra; Lahav Shani; Arabella Steinbacher
CologneStravinsky Marathon
Stravinsky
Gürzenich Orchestra; François-Xavier Roth; Vilde Frang; Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; Nathan Braude; Fabien Gabel
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Punch and passion from Gürzenich Orchester Köln
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.
Raising a glass to greatness: Gürzenich's splendid Stravinsky marathon
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.
Musical contrasts from Fabien Gabel and the Gürzenich Orchester Köln
In Cologne, Stravinsky's neoclassicism comes up against the echt-romanticism of Schreker and Korngold, ending in a draw.
Beethoven and beyond: the Gürzenich reinvents the concert programme
François-Xavier Roth and the Gürzenich Orchestra tear up the traditional concert programme to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth.
A very palpable hit: Hamlet in Cologne
Brett Dean's operatic reworking of Shakespeare's Hamlet receives its German premiere in a powerful new staging by the work's librettist Matthew Jocelyn.
An emotionally distant Peter Grimes at Oper Köln
Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes is a nuanced, gripping tale that should pack an emotional punch. Despite fine moments, Oper Köln's production didn't serve the work.