Intimate and epic Mahler 2 from the Bruckner Orchester Linz

By Rohan Shotton, 05 May 2018

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“Crystalline textures highlighted every detail of accompanying lines”

Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 3 May 2018

Mahler, Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"

Bruckner Orchester Linz

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus

Markus Poschner, Conductor

Brigitte Geller, Soprano

Theresa Kronthaler, Mezzo-soprano

Tristan und Isolde arrives in Linz from Bayreuth

Ako Imamura, 25th December

25 years after its creation in Bayreuth, Director Heiner Müller's legendary production of Tristan und Isolde was recreated and presented in Linz with committed performers with great success.

****1

Celebrating Linz's favourite son: a majestic Eighth

Mark Pullinger, 6th May

Markus Poschner and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz conclude their UK tour with an impulsive, passionate performance at Symphony Hall.

****1

Hindemith's Die Harmonie der Welt in Linz

Hugo Shirley, 11th April

Hindemith's opera, based on the life and theories of Johannes Kepler, is impressively realised by the Landestheater

****1

Bruckner Orchester Linz in Chicago

Sam Jacobson, 3rd February

The Bruckner Orchester Linz’s Chicago appearance was centered on American music with music director Dennis Russell Davies and vocalist Angélique Kidjo, rounded off by a Zemlinsky song cycle based on African-American poetry.

***11

Terra Nova larger than life at the Landestheater Linz

Chanda VanderHart, 26th May

I can certainly attest that this was the closest I have ever felt to watching a 3-D thriller in Dolby Surround Sound whilst at the opera.

****1

Polished Glass from Bruckner Orchester Linz

Mark Pullinger, 22nd April

A mixed evening at Cadogan Hall, with Philip Glass' Ninth Symphony emerging much more strongly than some stodgy Beethoven.

***11

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Rohan Shotton

Rohan has reviewed concerts and opera across the UK and Europe, but chiefly in Manchester, where he enjoys conducting and playing percussion and piano. He works as a hospital doctor, having studied in St Andrews and Manchester, and tweets as @RohanShotton.

Intimate and epic Mahler 2 from the Bruckner Orchester Linz at Cadogan Hall