Zimmermann's Bach and Schumann stand out in Barcelona

By Pep Gorgori, 05 January 2018

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Reviewed at L'Auditori: Sala Pau Casals, Barcelona on 15 December 2017

Bach, Keyboard Concerto no. 1 in D minor, BWV1052 (Transcribed by )

Schumann, Fantasy in C major for violin and orchestra, Op.131

Strauss R., Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30

Kazushi Ono, Conductor

Frank Peter Zimmermann, Violin

Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia

Haydn, Sor and Mozart return live in Barcelona

Laurence Vittes, 8th July

Mozart's Clarinet Concerto started out naively impetuous, quick, breathless as if on the way to an assignation

****1

Ono/OBC: Compelling Respighi and Bartók, disappointing Brahms

David Karlin, 5th October

It's a game of two halves in Barcelona from Kazushi Ono and the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya.

***11

Turandot in Tokyo: A bold reimagining of the ending

Nahoko Gotoh, 18th July

Alex Ollé focuses in the princess's trauma to provide a back story for Puccini’s problematic last opera; Eri Nakamura captivates the New National Theatre audience.

****1

Julian Rachlin thrills in Tchaikovsky's concerto in Barcelona

Pep Gorgori, 30th September

The bonds between Kazushi Ono and the OBC musicians are slowly improving.

****1

Bach dressed by other composers in Barcelona

Pep Gorgori, 28th April

Bach presented in various orchestral transcriptions made for a powerful, entertaining evening in Barcelona.

****1

An Eastern European odyssey: Capuçon plays Dvořák

Jack Dhainaut, 12th March

Barcelona's L'Auditori was taken on a journey of contrasts, via Parra and Prokofiev, that unsettled as much as it delighted.

****1

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Pep Gorgori

Journalist and musicologist with an MA Arts Administration & Cultural Policy, Goldsmiths (University of London). Pep Gorgori was born and lives in Barcelona after having worked for several years in Madrid and London. Johann Sebastian Bach, audience development, organ music, and Enric Granados and his generation occupy most part of his time. You can learn more about him by visiting him here.