Stars, slapstick and soul: Martha Argerich joins the Rotterdam Phil

Alex Elia, Martha Argerich and the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Martha Argerich, Lahav Shani, Alex Elia and the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Lahav Shani conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic

By Eleanor Knight, 01 October 2023

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“if you were to hear angels, you’d want them to sound like this”

Reviewed at De Doelen: Grote Zaal, Rotterdam on 28 September 2023

Gardiner, Evening Hymn (arr. Shani)

Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms

Shostakovich, Piano Concerto no. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet and string orchestra, Op.35

Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: excerpts

Lahav Shani, Conductor

Martha Argerich, Piano

Alex Cesare Elia, Trumpet

Laurens Collegium Rotterdam

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Daniel Lozakovich makes his debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

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Tarmo Peltokoski searches in vain for the harsh brutality in Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony with the Rotterdam Philharmonic.

***11

The real deal: Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Clare Varney, 7th November

Truls Mørk joins Tarmo Peltokoski and the Rotterdam Phil for a deeply emotional reading of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto no. 2.

****1

Brahms forges a friendship: Yannick Nezet-Seguin returns to Rotterdam

Eleanor Knight, 2nd May

Musical connections between Brahms, Dvořák and Price as Randall Goosby joins the Rotterdam Philharmonic – both as soloist and orchestral member.

****1

Stylish Mozart and vibrant Prokofiev from the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Susan Stempleski, 9th March

The renowned pianist glows in Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 9, while the rising star conductor impresses in selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.

****1

Overcrowding suffocates DNO's Traviata

Eleanor Knight, 27th January

Adela Zaharia is cast as a Violetta for whom the party never stops in this revival of Tatjana Gürbaca's busy staging at Dutch National Opera.

**111

Trifonov transfixes Rotterdam with nuanced, highly addictive Beethoven

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Lahav Shani gives the players of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra their moment to shine in Strauss' demanding Ein Heldenleben.

****1

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Eleanor Knight

Eleanor is a writer and librettist. Her work has appeared in all kinds of places from the Royal Opera House to the foot tunnels beneath the Elephant and Castle roundabout, and she has written arts reviews and features for British papers and magazines. Having begun her working life in theatre, she switched to publishing and later taught creative writing at the University of Brighton and Birkbeck. Currently based in the Netherlands, she teaches at the University of Utrecht. Eleanor plays violin and sings, though not usually at the same time, and has recently taken up speed-skating.

Stars, slapstick and soul: Martha Argerich joins Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic