Julia Lezhneva and Ádám Fischer impress in Haydn and Mahler

Ádám Fischer conducts the Hamburg State Philharmonic

Julia Lezhneva and the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

By Alexander Hall, 07 July 2024

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“sending tremors of intensity into the string lines and coaxing mournful qualities from his oboes”

Reviewed at Elbphilharmonie: Grand Hall, Hamburg on 7 July 2024

Haydn, Berenice, che fai, Hob XXIVa:10, cantata for soprano & orchestra

Bartók, The Miraculous Mandarin, Op.19: Suite

Mahler, Symphony no. 4 in G major

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Julia Lezhneva, Soprano

Ádám Fischer, Conductor

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.

Julia Lezhneva and Ádám Fischer impress in Haydn and Mahler at the Elbphilharmonie