Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony bring Brahms and Dvořák to Edinburgh

Jakub Hrůša

Jakub Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony

By Roy Westbrook, 08 August 2024

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“the Scherzo was properly molto vivace as marked, Hrůša injecting considerable energy”

Reviewed at Usher Hall, Edinburgh on 7 August 2024

Brahms, Double Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op.102

Dvořák, Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op.95

Brahms, Hungarian Dance no. 18 in D major (orch. Dvořák)

Brahms, Hungarian Dance no. 21 in E minor (orch. Dvořák)

Isabelle Faust, Violin

Sol Gabetta, Cello

Bamberg Symphony

Jakub Hrůša, Conductor

Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony with Bomsori Kim in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 1st June

Tradition reborn with thrilling clarity: Jakub Hrůša’s Bambergers light up Seoul: Wagner’s shimmering overture, Bomsori Kim’s impassioned Bruch, and a lucid yet explosive Beethoven Seventh.

****1

Hrůša, Grimaud and the Bamberg Symphony dazzle at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 24th April

In his Carnegie Hall debut, the young Czech conductor leads a meaty and memorable program of Brahms and Wagner, with joined by Hélène Grimaud for Robert Schumann’s sole Piano Concerto.

*****

Hrůša and the Bambergers find the measure of the Mahlerian universe

Tristan Labouret, 16th January

Visiting the Philharmonie de Paris, the Bavarian orchestra and their chief conductor deliver a legendary Mahler 9.

*****

Dancing with history: Bamberg Symphony at Dvořák’s Prague

Frank Kuznik, 21st September

The Bamberg Symphony returns to its roots with Jakub Hrůša conducting high-energy gems from the Czech repertoire.

****1

Daniel Harding and the Bamberg Symphony give Schumann his due

Cameron Kelsall, 4th March

Despite extraordinary legato singing and transparent text work, Christian Gerharer offered an oddly mannered interpretation of the Rückert-Lieder.

***11

Not full of drama but full of life: Blomstedt's Bruckner 8 in Bamberg

Alexander Hall, 13th November

Nothing for doomsters and gloomsters here in this performance of Bruckner's majestic Eighth, turning intimations of mortality into a celebration of life itself.

*****

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Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.