Martha Argerich returns with thrilling Schumann concerto in Lucerne

Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra

Michael Sanderling conducts the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra

By Stephen Pritchard, 09 February 2023

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“Argerich... is queen of them all and last night showed that she maintains her right to the throne”

Reviewed at Culture and Congress Centre: Concert Hall, Lucerne on 8 February 2023

Brahms, Symphony no. 3 in F major, Op.90

Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54

Lucerne Symphony Orchestra

Michael Sanderling, Conductor

Martha Argerich, Piano

TanzLuzern's Swan – a Different Story: without a bird in sight

Graham Watts, 5th May

An inventive and very different approach to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

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Famous sons of famous fathers with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra

Alexander Hall, 17th April

Almost a case of bringing coals to Newcastle: two works by Brahms, played by a Swiss orchestra and with an Austrian soloist in the composer's home town.

***11

The Showy and the Sublime in Lucerne

Sarah Batschelet, 2nd May

English and Russian repertoire for Switzerland's oldest symphony orchestra.

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Le Nouveau Monde pacifique de Michael Sanderling à Aix

Pierre Michel, 12th April

Si Rudolf Buchbinder a déçu dans le Concerto pour piano n° 1 de Brahms, le chef principal du Luzerner Sinfonieorchester a mené une interprétation hédoniste singulière de la Symphonie « du Nouveau Monde » de Dvořák.

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L'interrogation Chamayou et la maîtrise Sanderling à Gstaad

Rémi Monti, 2nd February

Bertrand Chamayou étonne par ses choix interprétatifs dans le Concerto n° 20 de Mozart, tandis que Michael Sanderling dirige le superbe Luzerner Sinfonieorchester d'une main de maître dans la Symphonie n° 7 de Beethoven.

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L'esprit souffle dans les mains et le cœur de Martha Argerich

Alain Lompech, 21st October

Au milieu d'un week-end « Spirit », Martha Argerich était invitée à donner le Premier Concerto de Liszt. Pärt et Schubert étaient également au programme, par l'Orchestre symphonique de Lucerne.

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Stephen Pritchard

Stephen Pritchard began singing as a treble at the age of eight and progressed to become a tenor in Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, the Gibbons Consort and now the English Chamber Choir. Writing about music has been at the core of his 40-year career in journalism, chiefly at the Observer. He has been known to play a pretty mean jazz double bass.