Oddballs and outcasts in the ballroom

By Sam Johnstone, 11 October 2016

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Reviewed at Heimathafen Neukölln, Berlin on 9 October 2016

Gubaidulina, Fünf Etüden, Op.1

Scelsi, Okanogan

Dutilleux, Sonata for Oboe and Piano

Dutilleux, Les Citations

Piazzolla, Tangos

Thomas Hecker, Oboe

Elsie Bedleem, Harp

Ander Perrino Cabello, Double Bass

Henrik Magnus Schmidt, Drums

Anna Kirichenko, Piano

Classical meets Modern in an evening of chamber music at Berlin's Konzerthaus

Christie Franke, 7th March

A varied programme of music for flute trio spanning a wide period presented at Berlin's Konzerthaus.

***11

Ambition meets the Philharmonie: Peltokoski and Kantorow in Paris

Laurence Vittes, 2nd June

Two prodigies, with a surplus of imagination and more interest in the moment than in creating long arcs of music, join the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in Paris.

****1

Staatskapelle Dresden’s sonic alchemy at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 2nd June

From the earthy joy of Meistersinger to the sublime textures of Debussy, Daniele Gatti channels the Dresdeners' legendary, layered warmth into an unforgettable evening of pure acoustic luxury.

****1

Jurowski marks Hans Werner Henze’s centenary at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 31st May

Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin deliver a lean, razor-sharp exploration of captivity and survival, balancing Beethoven’s and Brahms’ structural clarity against the devastating, high-fidelity distortion of Henze’s Ninth Symphony.

****1

Kissin, Bell and Isserlis: remembrance and loss at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 31st May

Solomon Rosowsky, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky form a matinee programme whose deeper connections gradually came into focus.

****1

Mischievous Pan at Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s French May

Christopher Halls, 30th May

French clarinettist Raphaël Sévère unearths beauty in Nielsen’s concerto and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta impress in two settings of Pan’s antics at the French May Festival.

****1

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Sam Johnstone

Sam Johnstone is a musician and writer based in Berlin. He has written on classical, contemporary and world music for Sinfini Music, The Cusp and World Music Network, and about the influence of the avant-garde on contemporary music in Germany and Japan whilst studying at Oxford University and SOAS, University of London. Sam blogs at www.spljohnstone.com and tweets at @spljohnstone

Oddballs and outcasts in the ballroom with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin