Tapiola Sinfonietta and Berliner Philharmoniker join together in Helsinki

By Bèla Bianca, 20 September 2012

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Reviewed at Music Centre / Musiikkitalo: Camerata Hall, Helsinki on 15 September 2012

Mendelssohn, The Hebrides Overture, “Fingal's Cave”, Op.26

Weber, Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op.34 (arr for string orchestra)

Beethoven, Symphony no. 8 in F major, Op.93

Wenzel Fuchs, Clarinet

Aleksandar Ivić, Violin

Christophe Horak, Violin

Ulrich Knörzer, Viola

Ludwig Quandt, Cello

Tapiola Sinfonietta

Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker

Tapiola Sinfonietta dancing with Pekka Kuusisto at the Helsinki Music Centre

Bèla Bianca, 25th May

What I have experienced multiple times with Tapiola Sinfonietta and with Pekka Kuusisto, and today with both, is that no matter how high your expectations are, these players will always outperform them.

****1

Berlin Philharmonic Octet presents a Schubert masterwork

Chris Garlick, 13th February

After a stunning Sibelius cycle with Simon Rattle at the Barbican earlier in the week, this splinter group from the Berlin Philharmonic crossed the Thames to give a concert of delightful Scandinavian gems alongside a Schubert masterwork.

****1

Uchida plays Messiaen at Wigmore Hall

David Fay, 17th December

Mitsuko Uchida and players from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra played Berg, Schubert and Messiaen at Wigmore Hall, creating moments of sheer beauty.

****1

Extraordinario monográfico de Stravinsky de Oksana Lyniv

Francisco Martínez Ramos, 25th September

La directora ucraniana Oksana Lyniv y miembros de la Filarmónica de Berlín presentaron un magnífico concierto con obras de Igor Stravinsky.

*****

Impérial, Sunwook Kim ouvre le cycle Brahms aux Champs-Elysées

Alain Lompech, 14th October

Le jeune pianiste impose une présence faite d'une plénitude pianistique et spirituelle qui confirment ses premiers prix aux Concours Clara-Haskil et de Leeds.

*****

Uchida plays Messiaen at Wigmore Hall

David Fay, 17th December

Mitsuko Uchida and players from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra played Berg, Schubert and Messiaen at Wigmore Hall, creating moments of sheer beauty.

****1

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