Bach dressed by other composers in Barcelona

By Pep Gorgori, 04 May 2017

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“an extraordinary sense of monumentality and spectacle”

Reviewed at L'Auditori: Sala Pau Casals, Barcelona on 28 April 2017

Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 (Orch Stokowski)

Bach, Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh! - hymn, BWV478 (Orch Stokowski)

Bach, Fugue in G Minor, BWV578 (Orch Cailliet)

Bach, Prelude and Fugue "St Anne" in E Flat Major, BWV552 (Orch Schoenberg)

Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier 1: Prelude and Fugue no. 4 in C sharp minor, BWV849 (Orch Granados)

Bach, Fugue in G Major, BWV577 (Orch Holst)

Bach, Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist (Orgel-Büchlein) in G Major, BWV631 (Orch Schoenberg)

Bach, Fantasia (Prelude) and Fugue in C Minor, BWV537 (Orch Elgar)

Bach, Passacaglia and fugue in C Minor, BWV582 (Orch Respighi)

Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor

Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia

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Laurence Vittes, 8th July

Mozart's Clarinet Concerto started out naively impetuous, quick, breathless as if on the way to an assignation

****1

Ono/OBC: Compelling Respighi and Bartók, disappointing Brahms

David Karlin, 5th October

It's a game of two halves in Barcelona from Kazushi Ono and the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya.

***11

Turandot in Tokyo: A bold reimagining of the ending

Nahoko Gotoh, 18th July

Alex Ollé focuses in the princess's trauma to provide a back story for Puccini’s problematic last opera; Eri Nakamura captivates the New National Theatre audience.

****1

Zimmermann's Bach and Schumann stand out in Barcelona

Pep Gorgori, 15th December

This season, the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC) is turning its eyes towards Bach, whilst at the same time programming the usual great symphonic repertoire, as well as contemporary composers. Here, Kazushi Ono gathered a Bach concerto (transcribed for violin), a rarely-performed work by Schumann and Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra.

***11

Julian Rachlin thrills in Tchaikovsky's concerto in Barcelona

Pep Gorgori, 30th September

The bonds between Kazushi Ono and the OBC musicians are slowly improving.

****1

An Eastern European odyssey: Capuçon plays Dvořák

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Barcelona's L'Auditori was taken on a journey of contrasts, via Parra and Prokofiev, that unsettled as much as it delighted.

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Pep Gorgori

Journalist and musicologist with an MA Arts Administration & Cultural Policy, Goldsmiths (University of London). Pep Gorgori was born and lives in Barcelona after having worked for several years in Madrid and London. Johann Sebastian Bach, audience development, organ music, and Enric Granados and his generation occupy most part of his time. You can learn more about him by visiting him here.