All Mozart and no play: Kevin Griffiths, Paul Lewis and Berlin Kammerorchester in Istanbul

By Alain Matalon, 25 March 2013

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Reviewed at İş Sanat, Istanbul on 18 March 2013

Mozart, Lucio Silla, K135: Overture

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 25 in C major, K503

Mozart, Symphony no. 41 in C major, "Jupiter”, K551

Kammerorchester Berlin

Kevin Griffiths, Conductor

Paul Lewis, Piano

Moby Dick als bezaubernd-verwirrendes Märchen beim Holland Festival

Michael Klier, 17th June

Wu Tsang und das Schauspielhaus Zürich präsentieren ein einzigartiges Kunstfilmprojekt über Herman Melvilles großen amerikanischen Roman.

****1

Paul Lewis balances delicacy with power in understated RLPO Beethoven

Glyn Mon Hughes, 12th March

Understatement is key in Paul Lewis' interpretation of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under Adam Hickox.

***11

Sprechstimme and yodelling: Schubert’s birthday bash at Wigmore Hall

Mark Pullinger, 31st January

A double-header celebrates Schubert featuring Allan Clayton and Paul Lewis in Winterreise and the Austrian folk/rock band The Erllkings.

****1

Denève, Lewis and the Netherlands Radio Phil in Utrecht

Laurence Vittes, 23rd January

At TivoliVredenburg’s Grote Zaal: a program of Beethoven, Liszt, and Schumann that, intentionally or not, invited reflection on long-range musical continuity.

***11

Concerto Budapest delivers Beethoven with high-octane fire in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 29th November

András Keller’s orchestra offers intensity, finesse and sheer dramatic sweep, from Tchaikovsky’s infernal tragedy to a Beethoven Fifth Symphony driven with exhilarating momentum.

****1

Magnificent Beethoven and Sibelius, intriguing Nørgård in Manchester

Peter Connors, 22nd March

Per Nørgård’s Eighth Symphony is the unusual opener in a programme of magnificent Beethoven and Sibelius from the BBC Philharmonic, Paul Lewis and John Storgårds at the Bridgewater Hall.

****1

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