Mozart's Requiem renewed by Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs in Dortmund

By Ken Ward, 25 September 2013

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Reviewed at St Marienkirche, Dortmund on 21 September 2013

Mozart, Offertory in D minor, "Misericordias Domini", K222 (K205a)

Cherubini, Requiem in C minor (Requiem aeternam)

Haydn, Salve Regina Hob XXIIIb:1

Haydn, Libera me, Domine in D minor, Hob XXIIb:2

Mozart, Motet in D major, "Ave verum Corpus", K618

Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K626

Karolina Brachman, Soprano

Dorothe Ingenfeld, Mezzo-soprano

Jan Hübner, Tenor

George Stevens, Bass

Beate Röllecke, Organ

Alsfeder Vokal-Ensemble

Göttinger Barockensemble

Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs, Conductor

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

Nicholas McGegan brings delicacy and elegance to Mendelssohn

Erica Miner, 18th April

The Seattle Symphony offers an enchanting evening immersed in the joy and brilliance of both the young and the mature genius of Felix Mendelssohn.

****1

Wrangling the octopus: Mahler’s Ninth with Sir Simon Rattle

Chanda VanderHart, 17th April

Less a symphony, more a force of nature, Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a turbulent, yet spacious reading of Mahler's Ninth Symphony in the Musikverein.

****1

Picture postcard Spain from the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia

Phil Parker, 17th April

Vibrant, colourful music is played with every last ounce of enthusiasm as the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia rounds off its UK tour at Sheffield City Hall.

****1

Dependable Mozart and Mendelssohn from the RLPO

Glyn Mon Hughes, 16th April

Aurel Dawidziuk and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra explore darkness and light, although the drama does not always bringing the audience to the edge of its collective seat.

***11

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Ken Ward

Ken Ward spent most of his working life driving buses for Eastern National and London Buses. With a life-long enthusiasm for the works of Bruckner, he became editor of The Bruckner Journal in 2005 and was awarded The Bruckner Society of America 'Kilenyi' Medal of Honor in 2011.