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Jordan debuts as musical director of the Symphoniker with odd Schubert and Janáček pairing

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Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna on 2 October 2014
Schubert, Symphony no. 1 in D major, D.82
Janáček, Glagolitic Mass
Philippe Jordan, Conductor
Ricarda Merbeth, Soprano
Marina Prudenskaya, Mezzo-soprano
Torsten Kerl, Tenor
Alexander Vinogradov, Bass
Wiener Singakademie
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Resplendent Strauss from Canellakis and the Wiener Symphoniker
*****
Wiener Symphoniker parties in style at the Concertgebouw
****1
Stefan Herheim’s bold Fledermaus at MusikTheater an der Wien
****1
Grigorian and Akhmetshina dazzle in a secular Norma
****1
A spectacular Freischütz in Bregenz
***11
Love in time of the drug wars: a contemporary Tancredi at Bregenz
***11
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