Globetrotting recital brings poignancy and swagger to Istanbul

Benjamin Appl and Martynas Levickis

The Church of St Anthony of Padua, Istanbul

Martynas Levickis

By Simon Cummings, 05 June 2024

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“delivered extremely tongue-in-cheek and with an elasticity that became downright mischievous”

Reviewed at Church of St Anthony of Padua, Istanbul on 30 May 2024

Mahler, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht

Mahler, 5 Lieder: Laue Sommernacht

Korngold, Liebesbriefchen, Op.9 no.4

Korngold, Der Knabe und das Veilchen

Schoenberg, Gigerlette

Angelis, Suite for concert accordion "Impasse"

Hahn, C'est à Paris

Hahn, Mélodies, 2e recueil: À Chloris

Ravel, Don Quichotte à Dulcinée

Piazzolla, Oblivion

Holländer, Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt

Weill, Berlin im Licht

Weill, Youkali

Weill, Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife)

Glass, Étude no. 6

Gershwin, By Strauss

Bernstein, Mass: Simple song

Weill, J'ai peur de l'Automne (September Song)

Porter, Begin the Beguine

Copland, Long Time ago

Copland, I Bought Me a Cat

Gershwin, Girl Crazy: I Got Rhythm

Benjamin Appl, Baritone

Martynas Levickis, Accordion

Wonders ev’ry where: Ádám Fischer enchants with Haydn's Creation

Orsolya Gyárfás, 1st January

A sense of marvel and joy permeates this New Year's Day performance of Haydn's oratorio at Müpa, Budapest.

****1

Dausgaard and BBCSSO put the Viking back into Nielsen

Chris Garlick, 17th August

Dausgaard is in his natural habitat when conducting music by his compatriot and his account of the Sinfonia espansiva proves the highlight of this Prom.

****1

An Intriguing Bach Cantata playlist by the AAM

Nahoko Gotoh, 19th January

An all-Bach concert at Milton Court Concert Hall by the Academy of Ancient Music with Masato Suzuki, Benjamin Appl and Leo Duarte.

****1

Take me to church: Nézet-Séguin leads Bach's Mass in B minor

Cameron Kelsall, 6th December

Bach's crowning musical achievement made a disappointing return to the Philadelphia Orchestra repertoire after a 34-year absence.

**111

Norrington and LPO provide emotion and insight in Dido and Aeneas

Mark Thomas, 30th January

Sir Roger Norrington and a strong cast joined a Baroque-style London Philharmonic Orchestra in a highly accomplished Dido and Aeneas, preceded by Handel’s clean and stately Water Music.

*****

Not quite the Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall

Benjamin Poore, 21st December

Competent if underwhelming Handel from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Maxim Emelyanchev.

**111

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Simon Cummings

Simon Cummings is a composer, writer and researcher based in the Cotswolds. He composes instrumental and electronic music, exploring aspects of algorithmic composition, and has recently completed a Ph.D. in composition at the Birmingham Conservatoire under the supervision of Richard Causton and Howard Skempton. His musical tastes are ludicrously broad but are focused most on contemporary/avant-garde classical and electronic music. When not composing, he writes regularly about new music; Simon is the author of the contemporary music blog 5:4 (5against4.com), and regularly contributes articles for a variety of books, journals and websites. Follow him on Twitter @5against4.

Globetrotting recital brings poignancy, swagger and decadence to the Istanbul Music Festival