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Concertgebouw Orchestra and Jansons impress with Strauss at the Berlin Festival

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Reviewed at Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin on 6 September 2014
Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Haydn in B flat major, Op.56a
Rihm, Lichtes Spiel
Strauss R., Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op.24
Strauss R., Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), Op.28
Mariss Jansons, Conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, Violin
Chailly makes a highly anticipated return to the Royal Concertgebouw
*****
Rafael Payare makes an unconvincing Royal Concertgebouw debut
***11
Jaap van Zweden, Dutch wanderer, rejoins the Concertgebouw Orchestra
*****
Paavo Järvi and Beatrice Rana at the Concertgebouw
***11
Barbara Hannigan conducts the Royal Concertgebouw
*****
Dramatic French flair from Thibaudet, Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw
****1
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