Amarcord Wien and Elisabeth Kulman’s tongue-in-cheek tribute to Wagner and Verdi

By Chanda VanderHart, 06 June 2014

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Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Mozart Saal, Vienna on 4 June 2014

Wagner, Tristan and Isolde: Prelude to Act 1

Webern, Five Movements for string quartet, Op.5

Debussy, Children's Corner: Golliwog's Cakewalk

Wolf, Italienisches Liederbuch (Italian Songbook)

Amarcord Wien

Elisabeth Kulman, Mezzo-soprano

Wien – Berlin: Die Achse der Musikalischen

Isabella Steppan, 28th June

Einen weiten Bogen spannten Amarcord Wien und Iris Vermillion bei der Styriarte; von Schönbergs Brettl-Liedern über Weills Opern bis hin zu Stolz‘schen Operettenmelodien.

****1

Earth Day: Beethoven and Mahler from Budapest

Cameron Kelsall, 13th September

A program of Beethoven and Mahler from the Budapest Festival Orchestra celebrated the beauty and terror of the natural world.

****1

Kirill Petrenko's new energy proves irresistible at the Philharmonie

Hugo Shirley, 23rd August

Sultry Berg and and a lithe, forceful Beethoven Nine herald an exciting new reign in Berlin.

*****

Three Austrians from three centuries

Roy Westbrook, 22nd February

Even in a flawed performance, The Song of the Earth fills the hearer with its life-affirming carpe diem message.

***11

Bychkov and the Czech Phil explore the limits of Mahler 2

Theodora Serbanescu-Martin, 28th October

Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic's performance of Mahler's “Resurrection” Symphony properly revealed the tensions between intensity and stillness, resistance and fragility.

***11

A fresh start for the Czech Philharmonic

Frank Kuznik, 10th October

Mahler's Resurrection Symphony provides both a thrilling opener and apt metaphor for the orchestra's new era under Chief Conductor Semyon Bychkov.

****1

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.