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Gilbert aims high in the Elbphilharmonie

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“like feathers rising inextricably on hot-air thermals and gathering to form cushions of down”
Reviewed at Elbphilharmonie: Grand Hall, Hamburg on 6 April 2018
Mahler, Symphony no. 3 in D minor
Gerhild Romberger, Mezzo-soprano
Damenchor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Damen des NDR Chores
Knabenchor Hannover
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Bychkov's uneven Mahler 8 at the Elbphilharmonie
***11
A searingly powerful Duke Bluebeard's Castle at the Elbphilharmonie
*****
Two Sergeis with Vinnitskaya and Valčuha at the Elbphilharmonie
***11
Music that makes the flesh creep: Kochanovsky's powerful Prokofiev 6
****1
Operatic Wagner and symphonic Shostakovich in the Elbphilharmonie
***11
Death and what comes after: Alan Gilbert's Mahler 2 in Hamburg
****1
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