German efficiency, Hungarian goulash, Turkish delight

Nicolas Altstaedt and the Munich Chamber Orchestra

By Peter Quantrill, 06 June 2023

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“Altstaedt’s beseeching cantabile in the slow movement tapped into the Orpheus and the Furies trope”

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Bach C.P.E., Cello Concerto in A minor, Wq 170

Veress, Four Transylvanian Dances

Azarashvili, Concerto for Cello and Chamber Orchestra

Bartók, Divertimento for Strings, Sz 113

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Nicolas Altstaedt, Cello, Director

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Roy Westbrook, 27th July

A traditional overture–concerto–symphony programme at Klosters Music proves anything but stale in dramatic performances by the Munich Chamber Orchestra.

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Classics at Klosters from Onofri and the Munich Chamber Orchestra

Roy Westbrook, 26th July

Opening Klosters Music, Enrico Onofri proves that Classical-era music can still work well seen from a later perspective.

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Heras-Casado launches Klosters Music in style

Mark Pullinger, 30th July

The fourth edition of the festival marks the 800th anniversary of the founding of Klosters with a musical journey back in time.

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Heiner Goebbels and the Munich Chamber Orchestra: Theatre through music

Max Woods, 23rd May

Every year the Munich Chamber Orchestra (MKO) give a living composer the opportunity to select an entire programme of their works and works by other composers that were important to them.

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Old meets new with the Munich Chamber Orchestra

Max Woods, 8th May

John Cage's unusual approach to composition is somewhat infamous. Thanks to his piano work 4'33" he's been firmly placed on the musical map as something of an oddball, and while that particular work may take his eccentric style to the extreme, the methods underlying his other works are equally intriguing.

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Michael Vieth, 10th May

Zwei Primadonnen und drei Countertenöre brachten superben barocken Operngesang von Weltrang ins Münchner Prinzregententheater.

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Peter Quantrill

Peter Quantrill is a regular contributor to Gramophone, The Strad and other journals. Recent programme notes have been published by the Salzburg and Edinburgh festivals, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Ballet. He also writes about music and musicians for many record labels including Eloquence, Delphian, Signum, Danacord and Brilliant Classics. Once unplugged from his hi-fi, he can generally be found in a London concert hall or at the cricket, and he tweets (sporadically) @PeterQuantrill.

German efficiency, Hungarian goulash, Turkish delight: Nicolas Altstaedt and the Munich CO