Batons and broomsticks with Joana Mallwitz in Berlin

Joana Mallwitz

By Elena Luporini, 23 February 2024

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“Mallwitz pushed the orchestra to its extremes, alternating perky moments to spectral ones”

Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Berlin on 22 February 2024

Dvořák, The Noon Witch (Polednice), Symphonic poem, Op.108

Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16

Kodály, Dances of Galánta

Konzerthausorchester Berlin

Joana Mallwitz, Conductor

Elisabeth Leonskaja, Piano

Music against Death: Joana Mallwitz conducts Nono and Mahler in Berlin

David Grundy, 14th September

Joana Mallwitz pairs rare Luigi Nono with Mahler's Fourth Symphony at the Konzerthausorchester's Musikfest Berlin programme.

****1

Earth, wind and fire: Valčuha and Apkalna at the Konzerthaus Berlin

Elena Luporini, 5th July

For the end of the season, Berlin's Konzerthaus unleashes the fury of the elements with a concert featuring Bernd Richard Deutsch's Organ Concerto Okeanos, together with works by Sibelius and Shostakovich.

*****

The continuation of beautiful friendships in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 14th October

At Berlin's Konzerthaus, Chief Conductor Christoph Eschenbach leads the premiere of Christian Mason's orchestral work An Ocean of Years and reunites with American pianist Tzimon Barto.

****1

Transparent, alert Mozart from Vikingur Ólafsson in Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 10th September

Pablo Heras-Casado a programme featuring a classic combination of Mozart and Schumann.

****1

Schubert shines in Berlin: Joana Mallwitz at the Konzerthaus

Roy Westbrook, 28th November

A memorable account of Schubert's "Great" C major symphony, conducted – and analysed – by Joana Mallwitz.

*****

Dvořák’s Spectre’s Bride exhumed in Berlin

Hugo Shirley, 27th October

The orchestral writing proves to be the main point of interest in a rousing performance of Dvořák's rare dramatic cantata.

***11

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Elena Luporini

After completing their Master's degree in Musicology in Rome, Elena has now moved to Berlin to dedicate themselves to more things musical. With a publication on Béla Bartók and a seminar at the Humboldt-Universität underway, their interests mostly veer toward 20th-century opera, with some forays into queer musicology. Some of their latest undertakings also include oboe lessons, stencil-making and tea-making.

Batons and broomsticks: Joana Mallwitz conducts Dvořák, Grieg and Kodály in Berlin