Ginastera’s Estancia the highlight of a journey through three different types of classicism

By Alberto Hernández Mateos, 13 May 2014

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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 11 May 2014

Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K364 (K320d)

Ginastera, Dance suite from the ballet Estancia, Op.8a

Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op.36

Orquesta Nacional de España

Diego Matheuz, Conductor

Mauro Rossi, Violin

Cristina Pozas, Viola

Two opposing Rites in Madrid

Fernando Remiro, 4th December

The latest concert by the Spanish National Orchestra was a fascinating opportunity to explore the contrast between Wagner and Stravinsky.

***11

The gracious magician: Ton Koopman in Bach

Laura Furones, 25th January

Ton Koopman's distinctively lively tempi, coupled with a contagious delight to be making music, has a fairly magnetic effect when conducting Bach's Mass in B minor.

***11

A diabolic concert for Hallowe'en

Alberto Hernández Mateos, 31st October

Giovanni Antonini and the Baroque Ensemble of the Orquesta Nacional de España perform Boccherini's "La Casa del Diavolo" on Hallowe'en night.

****1

Orquesta Nacional de España and Miguel Harth-Bedoya

Alberto Hernández Mateos, 17th January

The Orquesta Nacional de España with violinist Veronika Eberle and organist Daniel Oyarzábal plays three nineteenth-century works: Berlioz's Roman Carnival overture, Dvořák’s Violin Concerto and Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony.

***11

Impactante Krzystof Urbański con la Orquesta Nacional de España

Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 31st January

La Orquesta Nacional de España ofreció un concierto de gran impacto y buen trabajo orquestal bajo la dirección de Krzysztof Urbański.

****1

La OCNE cierra el año con María de Pablos y Camille Saint-Saëns

Aaron Vincent, 19th December

Jaume Santonja debuta en el ciclo sinfónico de la OCNE con un programa luminoso y bien construido que despide el 2025 con aire festivo.

***11

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Alberto Hernández Mateos

Alberto Hernández Mateos holds a PhD in Music History, with the dissertation on “The musical thought of Antonio Eximeno”. He has presented papers at many conferences, and has published in several journals. He currently works as a musicologist at the Juan March Foundation, in Madrid.