Bach goes Baltic: Kremerata Baltica at the Elbphilharmonie

By Alexander Hall, 13 November 2018

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“This is mysterious, mystic, magical music, and moreover with the power to move”

Reviewed at Elbphilharmonie: Grand Hall, Hamburg on 12 November 2018

Vasks, Symphony for strings, "Voices"

Bach, Keyboard Concerto no. 1 in D minor, BWV1052

Sumera, Symphōnē for orchestra and percussion

Bach, Violin partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne

Ešenvalds, Okeāna balss

Iveta Apkalna, Organ

Kremerata Baltica

Two to tango: Gidon Kremer celebrates Piazzolla in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 22nd November

With superb support from Kremerata Baltica and a smart set of soloists, Gidon Kremer continues a love affair that began 25 years ago.

*****

From tangos to Viennese cafés at Hamburg's Martha Argerich Festival

Linda Holt, 25th June

Piazzolla rubs shoulders with Lanner and Kreisler at the Martha Argerich Music Festival in Hamburg's Laeiszhalle.

****1

Ghostly remembrances: Weinberg championed in Birmingham

Mark Pullinger, 24th November

Nearly a century after his birth, Weinberg's final completed symphony is given its UK premiere by the CBSO and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.

****1

Gidon Kremer at Prague Spring: political consciousness and superb musicianship

Frank Kuznik, 16th May

Gidon Kremer brought the latest version of his Kremerata Baltica ensemble to Prague Spring on Friday night for more than a concert., in which he proved there is still no one quite like him who combines political consciousness with superb musicianship.

****1

Revivir la leyenda: Martha Argerich y la Kremerata Baltica

Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 26th November

Un concierto magistral, de altos vuelos, gracias a intérpretes excepcionales, Martha Argerich y la Kremerata Baltica, además de un programa interesante y equilibrado.

*****

Dépouillement et vérité chez Arvo Pärt, avec Gidon Kremer et la Kremerata Baltica à la Fondation Louis Vuitton

Manuel Gaulhiac, 31st March

Avec Fratres et Tabula Rasa, c’est un nouveau chemin qui s’ouvre à la musique. Mais plus qu’un chemin de la nouveauté, c’est le chemin d’un retour à une certaine forme de pureté de l’inspiration, qui passe dans l’écriture et la réalisation par une économie de moyens.

****1

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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.