The magic of the night as the Granada Festival opens in the Alhambra

By Edward Sava-Segal, 20 June 2021

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“the shift to D major... was beautifully portrayed”

Reviewed at Palacio di Carlo V, Granada on 17 June 2021

Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op.4

Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 (Incidental Music)

Núria Rial, Soprano

María José Moreno, Soprano

Coro de la Orquesta Ciudad de Granada

Orquesta Ciudad de Granada

José Sánchez-Montes, Conductor

Tama, Diseño visual

Paul McCreesh, Conductor

Les Siècles llenan Granada de esencia francesa

Gonzalo Roldán Herencia, 24th June

François-Xavier Roth está consiguiendo con Les Siècles crear un sonido propio a partir de un culto preciosista a los matices y a la exactitud interpretativa. Su gesto dinámico y marcado encuentra en la formación un fiel reflejo que convierte cada obra en singular y sugerente.

*****

Spring has Sprung: Paul McCreesh and the RNS

Nick Boston, 30th April

Effortless Vaughan Williams from Maria Włoszczowska, with atmospheric Musgrave and a blooming Schumann First Symphony.

***11

The Gabrielis shine in Purcell's confusing King Arthur

Mark Valencia, 30th October

King Arthur is an opera without a plot and, in musical terms at least, Arthur without the King.

*****

Handel's somewhat rare oratorio Susanna in the Halle Handel Festival

Sandra Bowdler, 14th June

Handel's oratorio Susanna is often considered to be less than consistently dramatic and this performance in the Halle Handel Festival did little to dispel that view.

***11

Thrilling King Arthur from the Gabrieli Consort in Adelaide

Brian Angus, 18th February

With marvellous cohesion, life and wit the Gabrieli Consort and Players, sponsored by State Opera of South Australia, who thrilled Adelaide audiences with their presentation of English Baroque.

****1

Montreal audience elated with OSM's Messiah

Ian Cochrane, 18th December

It is a high order to mount a captivating performance of a work so widely known and performed as Handel's Messiah.

****1

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.