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

By Christie Franke, 09 March 2014

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Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Kleiner Saal, Berlin on 7 March 2014

Haydn, Piano Trio no. 29 in G major, Hob XV:15

Weber, Trio for flute, cello and piano in G minor, Op.63

Villa-Lobos, Assobio à Jato for Flute and Cello

Martinů, Trio for flute, cello and piano, H 300

Silvia Careddu, Flute

Friedemann Ludwig, Cello

Anna Kirichenko, Piano

Oddballs and outcasts in the ballroom

Sam Johnstone, 9th October

In a former ballroom in the up-and-coming Neukölln district, the orchestra’s chamber ensemble presented an eccentric programme of music by oddballs and outcasts.

**111

La Fantastique très classique de Hengelbrock au Festival Berlioz

Philippe Ramin, 31st August

La symphonie emblématique du compositeur de La Côte-Saint-André a bénéficié de l'engagement d'un bel Orchestre National de France, malheureusement émoussé par la direction de Thomas Hengelbrock.

**111

Heavenly Mahler – and Strauss – from Lucy Crowe and the LSO

Roy Westbrook, 21st May

Songs and symphonies from Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, concluding with a vision of “heavenly life” from Gustav Mahler.

****1

Intimate colossus: Daniil Trifonov with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Max Lima, 21st May

Late Brahms, early Schoenberg: under Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic draw tenderness from two monumental scores.

****1

Conviction, passion and clarity: Sir Stephen Hough at Wigmore Hall

Christopher Woodley, 19th May

Fragments by Brahms, Schoenberg and Schubert orbit Beethoven's Waldstein and Schumann's Carnaval in another masterful recital from Sir Stephen Hough.

****1

Spellbinding Gewandhausorchester Leipzig in Vienna’s Musikverein

Chanda VanderHart, 18th May

In Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, Yulianna Avdeeva commands attention through sheer innate charisma, anchored in intense engagement.

*****

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Christie Franke

Christie Franke is a Berlin-based writer and opera lover. Her blog, Tiny Doom’s Opernpalais, chronicles her adventures as an opera-lover and writer, serving as discussion ground for character profiles, operatic plot holes, and the magic of music in everyday life.