Vibrant Brahms from Jurowski, Chen and the Berlin RSO in Seoul

Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Vladimir Jurowski and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

By SangKwon Lee, 04 May 2025

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“Jurowski trusted the music’s inherent grandeur to speak for itself”

Reviewed at Seoul Arts Center: Concert Hall, Seoul on 3 May 2025

Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Haydn in B flat major, Op.56a

Brahms, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77

Brahms, Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op.68

Ray Chen, Violin

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor

A searing Shostakovich 8 from Jurowski and the Berlin Radio Symphony

Alexander Hall, 4th May

One of the glories of the German musical landscape are its radio orchestras. Up there with the finest, Vladimir Jurowski’s Berliners impress in Martinů and Shostakovich, while Christian Tetzlaff forays into Suk.

*****

Old and new from Vladimir Jurowski and the Berlin RSO

Dominic Lowe, 31st August

Typically interesting programming from Jurowski gave us the Proms premiere of Adès’ Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, combined with saucy Weill and forcefully modern Rachmaninov.

****1

Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Berlin RSO with panache

Edward Sava-Segal, 5th May

Celebrating its centenary the orchestra and its chief conductor proposed a programme consisting of works (mostly) composed in the last 100 years.

****1

Vladimir Jurowski holds all the aces at Berlin's Konzerthaus

Elena Luporini, 10th December

Jurowski and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra give the Konzerthaus a night to remember with pungent renditions of Goldmann, Weill and Stravinsky's Jeu de cartes.

*****

Remarkable Die Frau ohne Schatten marred by visual effects

Edward Sava-Segal, 4th September

At the Enescu Festival n Bucharest Vladimir Jurowski celebrates the centennial of Die Frau one Schatten’s premiere.

****1

Beethoven and beyond: Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Sam Johnstone, 17th September

Vladimir Jurowski is fond of grand statements, and sometimes off-the-wall programming – genius when it works, baffling when it doesn’t.

***11

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SangKwon Lee

SangKwon Lee is a Seoul-based classical music critic whose writing focuses on concert performances and recordings. A contributor to Gramophone and a member of the Music Critics Association of North America, he covers the classical music scene in Korea and internationally.

Vibrant Brahms from Vladimir Jurowski, Ray Chen and the Berlin Radio Symphony in Seoul