Mutter dazzles in John Williams concerto at the Elbphilharmonie

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Fabio Luisi and the Dallas Symphony

The Dallas Symphony in the Elbphilharmonie

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Fabio Luisi and the Dallas Symphony

By Alexander Hall, 12 June 2024

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“Luisi didn’t exactly wear his heart on his sleeve, but you did hear it beating”

Reviewed at Elbphilharmonie: Grand Hall, Hamburg on 11 June 2024

Negrón, What keeps me awake

Williams, Violin Concerto no. 2

Williams, Film music from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Helena's Theme)

Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64

Glinka, Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin

Fabio Luisi, Conductor

Saraste finds beauty in tragedy with the Dallas Symphony

Sam Jacobson, 27th April

Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts the Dallas Symphony in a Sibelius tone poem and a Shostakovich symphony, both works of great tragedy.

****1

Grimaud and McGegan perform Mozart masterpieces in Dallas

Zoltán Szabó, 29th January

Two minor key works, performed before a – limited – live audience in Dallas, and streamed online.

***11

A surprise debut in Dallas

Bachtrack reviewer, 4th October

With an artistic director forced to cancel in the middle of a weekend of concerts, duty called on his assistant conductor - and she clearly had done her homework.

***11

French plus one: the Dallas Symphony in music of Fauré, Mozart, and Ravel

Bachtrack reviewer, 1st March

Extreme dynamics explored in Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé and Boléro presented by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Jaap van Zweden, complemented by Louis Lortie's Mozart.

****1

Dallas Symphony Orchestra with Matthias Goerne

Bachtrack reviewer, 25th January

Dallas Symphony Orchestra, led by Jaap van Zweden and featuring baritone Matthias Goerne, performed music by Britten, Mahler, and Brahms, in a concert where not enough was ultimately said, despite a strong return from Goerne.

***11

An odd couple: Stravinsky and Saint-Saëns at the Dallas Symphony

Bachtrack reviewer, 19th October

The Dallas Symphony, now in its sixth season under Music Director Jaap van Zweden, welcomed his predecessor Andrew Litton back to conduct a weekend of Stravinsky and Saint-Saëns (music from two ballets and a violin concerto, respectively).

***11

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.

Anne-Sophie Mutter dazzles in John Williams concerto at the Elbphilharmonie