International affairs: Britten's War Requiem in Rotterdam

By Renée Reitsma, 17 May 2011

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Reviewed at De Doelen: Grote Zaal, Rotterdam on 14 May 2011

Britten, War Requiem, Op.66

CBSO Chorus

Netherlands Childrens Choir (Nationaal Kinderkoor)

Susanne Schubert, Soprano

Benjamin Hulett, Tenor

Simon Neal, Baritone

Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra

Dortmund Opera: Tannhäuser

Rohan Shotton, 21st December

Dortmund Opera's daring new production of Tannhäuser is deeply stimulating and innovative, backed up by fine singing and orchestral playing.

****1

Salmones, suecos y puntas: Midsummer Night’s Dream en el Liceu

Maria Sánchez, 25th April

Llevada a escena por la compañía alemana Ballett Dortmund, la pieza combina clasicismo con contemporaneidad, realidad con onirismo, siendo una versión muy libre del clásico de Shakespeare.

****1

Figaro in Dortmund

Christine Arnold, 16th January

In Dortmund ist Figaros Hochzeit als eine Komödie mit Slapstick-Momenten. Detailgetreue, historisch gehaltene Kostüme und Kulissen schaffen dazu ein reizvolles Ambiente.

***11

Yamada and the CBSO deliver an evening of stark contrasts

Simon Cummings, 16th April

A concert of French music reveals – and suffers from – contrasting styles, attitudes and coherence in works by Ravel and Poulenc.

***11

From chaos to joy: Haydn’s The Creation in Birmingham

Simon Cummings, 26th February

Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO and Chorus weave Baroque and Romantic allusions into Haydn’s Classical masterpiece, in a superb, at times operatic, performance at Symphony Hall.

*****

Joy triumphs as Yamada enthuses Birmingham with Beethoven

Robert Gainer, 19th September

“Go big or go home!” A new season opens with the CBSO and Chorus giving an epic Beethoven Ninth at Birmingham's Symphony Hall.

****1

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Renée Reitsma

Renée lives in Essex and is a PhD student in Philosophy. She loves all sorts of classical and non-classical music, but has a particular love for Dmitri Shostakovich. She is in charge of the Heavy Symphonic playlist at Dutch classical music site 24classics and blogs here.