Batiashvili glows with the Royal Concertgebouw at Carnegie Hall

Lisa Batiashvili and Klaus Mäkelä with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Carnegie Hall

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Carnegie Hall

By Susan Stempleski, 23 November 2024

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“an altogether captivating account, brimming with life and spontaneous feeling”

Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 22 November 2024

Reid, Body Cosmic (US premiere)

Prokofiev, Violin Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op.63

Bach, Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Orgel-Büchlein) in F Minor, BWV639 (arr. Hillborg)

Rachmaninov, Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op.27

Mussorgsky, Sorochyntsi Fair: Gopak (orch. Lyadov)

Lisa Batiashvili, Violin

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Klaus Mäkelä, Conductor

Chailly makes a highly anticipated return to the Royal Concertgebouw

Max Lima, 4th March

Joined by two of the Netherlands' finest choirs, Riccardo Chailly conducts a Prokofiev double bill: the Fourth Symphony, a first for the orchestra, paired with the cantata Alexander Nevsky.

*****

Rafael Payare makes an unconvincing Royal Concertgebouw debut

Clare Varney, 19th February

Frank Peter Zimmermann joins the orchestra to bring Frank Martin’s seldom heard Violin Concerto back to the Netherlands.

***11

Jaap van Zweden, Dutch wanderer, rejoins the Concertgebouw Orchestra

Clare Varney, 21st January

Leonidas Kavakos joins the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for an evening of Hollywood glamour and lush Romantacism.

*****

Paavo Järvi and Beatrice Rana at the Concertgebouw

Antonio D'Amato, 9th October

An evening of contrasts at the Concertgebouw, where Beatrice Rana’s poised Beethoven meets Paavo Järvi’s clear-eyed Sibelius in a thoughtful performance with moments of genuine resonance.

***11

Barbara Hannigan conducts the Royal Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 2nd October

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra puts Persian music centre stage with the Dutch premiere of Tehran-based composer Golfam Khayam's I am a tale not to be told.

*****

Dramatic French flair from Thibaudet, Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 17th September

Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s astonishing technical prowess in Saint-Saëns’ Fifth Piano Concerto entrances Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw.

****1

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Susan Stempleski

Based in New York City, Susan is a retired specialist in second and foreign language teaching and the author/editor of several professional books for language teachers and many widely used textbooks for English language learners around the world. An avid concertgoer, she spends her time attending operas and other classical music events in New York and Paris. Since 2002, she has regularly published reviews on Classical Source. A keen Francophile, she has a particularly strong interest in French music, literature and film.

Lisa Batiashvili glows in Prokofiev with the Royal Concertgebouw at Carnegie Hall