Isa Katharina Gericke in recital in Stockholm

By Sofia Nyblom, 05 May 2014

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Reviewed at Allhelgonakyrkan, Stockholm on 3 May 2014

Works by Borgstrøm

Jordan, Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte

Beethoven, Rondo in C major, Op.51 no.1

Works by Hakanson

Liszt, Isolde's Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, transc. for piano, S 447

Works by Dørumsgaard

Hurum, Det var en deilig hane (There was a gorgeous cockerel)

Grieg, Våren (Spring), Op.33 no.2

Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano

Bengt Forsberg, Piano

Nisbeth and Forsberg in Grieg’s living room

Aksel Tollåli, 26th May

An impressively well-planned programme of mostly viola transcriptions by Grainger, Bach, Delius, Ellington and Grieg.

****1

A Midsummer meditation mix from the SCO Chorus

David Smythe, 20th June

The SCO Chorus in a meditative mood for midsummer in music by Glass, Taverner, MacMillan and Duruflé.

****1

From Florence to Venice: an Italian tour with Renato Dolcini

Sandra Bowdler, 18th June

The impressive Italian baritone features in a tour of Renaissance and Baroque Italian works with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in Melbourne.

****1

Marin Alsop brings unexpected pleasures to Philadelphia Orchestra

Kurt Gottschalk, 18th June

The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrates the 50th birthday of the Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Fairmount Park, with Marin Alsop serving up a surprise in Ravel's Boléro.

****1

Black American music finds a new voice at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 18th June

Dutch premieres, new faces and new arrangements result in a concert quite unlike any other from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Antony Hermus.

****1

Apollonian radiance and women scorned: the Britten Sinfonia at Snape

Roy Westbrook, 18th June

Hell holds no fury like a woman scorned, and it was certainly so in Greek mythology, celebrated in this outstanding Aldeburgh Festival performance by the Britten Sinfonia and Helen Charlston.

*****

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Sofia Nyblom

Sofia Nyblom is a Swedish arts journalist, critic, presenter and radio and tv-producer. With a background as a professionally trained singer, she today prefers watching opera and singing in choir - and she loves dance. Twitter: @nyblomsofia. Her website is here.