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

Saariaho’s Notes on Light receives its Berlin premiere

Elena Luporini, 29th April

Sakari Oramo and Annsi Karttunen bring Northern lights and folklore to the Philharmonie, closing on a touch of Czech optimism with Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony.

***11

Requiem to a troubled genius at the Southbank’s Multitudes

Chris Garlick, 29th April

As part of the Southbank Centre's Multitudes festival, Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen offers a multimedia tribute to the life and creative vision of the iconic British fashion designer.

****1

Steve Reich at 90 celebrated in Liverpool

Pwyll ap Sion, 29th April

A compelling concert at Liverpool’s Tung Auditorium offers a striking Josephine Stephenson’s UK premiere, dazzling John Adams and Steve Reich’s mesmerising Reich/Richter.

*****

Dazzling Prokofiev from Alim Beisembayev and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 26th April

In an all-Russian programme in Liverpool, Alim Beisembayev gives a breathtaking performance of Prokofiev's fiendishly difficult Second Piano Concerto.

****1

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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.