Jansen dazzles Antwerp in fine Prokofiev with Pappano and the COE

Janine Jansen

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Janine Jansen, Sir Antonio Pappano and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe

By Clare Varney, 05 December 2022

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“two musicians who openly relish the spontaneity of live performance”

Reviewed at Queen Elisabeth Hall, Antwerp on 3 December 2022

Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin

Prokofiev, Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, Op.19

Bach, Violin sonata no. 3 in C major, BWV1005: Largo

Dvořák, Serenade for Strings in E major, Op.22

Kodály, Dances of Galánta

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor

Janine Jansen, Violin

Chamber Orchestra of Europe brings all-Brahms evening to Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 10th December

Conducted by honorary member Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the COE’s all-Brahms concert features the composer's First Symphony and final major work, the Double Concerto for Violin and Cello.

****1

Beauty from Iestyn Davies, energy from Robin Ticciati in Gstaad

David Karlin, 2nd February

Iestyn Davies shows how to make every word count in a fairly standard sampler of Baroque arias; Ticciati is a fireball on the podium with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

***11

Robin Ticciati shuffles incidental music with the COE

Alexander Hall, 19th April

Beethoven was the spiritus rector of Ticciati's COE concert at the Elbphilharmonie, with Lisa Batiashvili in commanding form for that composer's fiddle concerto.

****1

Yannick Nézet-Séguin's Beethoven cycle concludes

Alexander Hall, 10th July

Nézet-Séguin and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe bring to a triumphant end their Beethoven cycle in Baden-Baden with coruscating performances of the Second and Third Symphonies.

*****

Nézet-Séguin and the COE bring Beethoven to Baden-Baden

Cameron Kelsall, 4th July

The elegance of the First Symphony served as a perfect curtain raiser for the mammoth, exultant Ninth.

*****

In Zurich, Leonidas Kavakos wears two hats

Sarah Batschelet, 9th April

Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos plays – and conducts – the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in works by Mozart, Schoeck and Beethoven.

***11

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Clare Varney

Clare is a freelance writer and music critic from the UK, currently living in the Netherlands where she writes about Music, Food and Culture. Clare is a passionate musician, having learnt the violin and piano from an early age. When not at her laptop writing, she spends her time nurturing the next generation of brass players, all from her Dutch kitchen in the sky. Read more at The Spidy Editor.

Jansen dazzles Antwerp in fine Prokofiev with Pappano and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe