Radiant Vilde Frang opens Antwerp season

By Marc Haegeman, 12 September 2018

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Reviewed at Queen Elisabeth Hall, Antwerp on 9 September 2018

Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61

Dvořák, Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op.95

Vilde Frang, Violin

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Robin Ticciati, Conductor

Music from Wonderland to Heaven at Kölner Philharmonie

Kurt Gottschalk, 29th June

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller joined the visiting Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin for Mahler's Fourth Symphony and Unsuk Chin's surprising Puzzles and Games, derived from her opera Alice in Wonderland.

*****

Sounds of the contemporary from the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester

Elena Luporini, 21st January

Closing the 26th edition of the Ultraschall Berlin festival, André de Ridden and the DSO prove the vitality of the contemporary orchestra with a programme featuring works by Streich, Chin and Andre.

****1

May I have your attention? Pekka Kuusisto and the DSO in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 17th December

At the head of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Pekka Kuusisto greets the holidays in Berlin with a Haydn-centred concert featuring works by Anna Clyne, Caroline Shaw and Beethoven.

****1

Opposites attract: Ticciati conducts a Pépin premiere in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 15th October

Camille Pépin's Le Sommeil a pris ton empreinte, a violin concerto dedicated to Renaud Capuçon, receives its German premiere.

*****

Manfred Honeck and the DSO dazzle Berlin's Philharmonie

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 8th May

Manfred Honeck builds a magnificent monument of sound conducting the DSO Berlin in Mahler's Fifth Symphony, the highlight of the evening, preceded by violinist James Ehnes who brilliantly recreates Mozart's Third Concerto.

*****

DSO Berlin opens its 75th anniversary season

Zenaida des Aubris, 19th September

The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester performs works by Lang, Pärt, Stravinsky and Mahler under music director, Robin Ticciati.

****1

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Marc Haegeman

Marc Haegeman graduated as a historian from the University of Ghent. He developed a keen interest in music, ballet, photography and nature. As a dance writer and photographer he contributed to leading dance magazines in the last 20 years, including The Dancing Times, Dance International and Ballet2000, and has been working with companies worldwide. His classical music reviews appeared in Classical Net and on his blog I used mostly my ears. He is particularly interested in Russian music and the piano. When free, he loves spending time in nature, photographing landscapes and wildlife.