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

Russian Spring: Elder and the Hallé reunite in glorious style

Leighton Jones, 7th May

The music of Glinka, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky fills Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall with mystery, intrigue and jollity.

****1

Classical grace and Romantic eloquence from the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 7th May

The contrasting delights of Schumann, Brahms and Dvořák are powerfully evoked in performances of charm, eloquence and high drama from the Philharmonia, continuing the orchestra’s 80th anniversary celebrations.

****1

Spacious Prokofiev from Seong-Jin Cho and the Munich Philharmonic

SangKwon Lee, 6th May

Seong-Jin Cho’s premise in Prokofiev is compelling – to reconcile Russian gravitational attack and monumental construction with clarity, colour and contrapuntal legibility.

***11

Marc-André Hamelin surveys two centuries of piano sonatas

Sam Jacobson, 5th May

From Haydn and Beethoven to Weinberg and Rachmaninov, Marc-André Hamelin reveals the piano sonata as a form of breadth, flexibility and expressive power.

****1

LA Phil celebrates the California spirit with Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Cameron Kelsall, 3rd May

The program features Maria Dueñas in Korngold's Violin Concerto and a moving tribute to LA native Michael Tilson Thomas

****1

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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.