To the manner born: Bruckner Orchester Linz

By Chris Garlick, 22 April 2016

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Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 21 April 2016

Gluck, Iphigénie en Aulide: Overture (arr. Wagner)

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K488

Bruckner, Symphony no. 6 in A major, WAB 106

Bruckner Orchester Linz

Melvyn Tan, Piano

Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor

Tristan und Isolde arrives in Linz from Bayreuth

Ako Imamura, 25th December

25 years after its creation in Bayreuth, Director Heiner Müller's legendary production of Tristan und Isolde was recreated and presented in Linz with committed performers with great success.

****1

Celebrating Linz's favourite son: a majestic Eighth

Mark Pullinger, 6th May

Markus Poschner and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz conclude their UK tour with an impulsive, passionate performance at Symphony Hall.

****1

Intimate and epic Mahler 2 from the Bruckner Orchester Linz

Rohan Shotton, 3rd May

Markus Poschner conducts the Bruckner Orchester Linz and Bournemouth Symphony Chorus in Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony in London.

*****

Hindemith's Die Harmonie der Welt in Linz

Hugo Shirley, 11th April

Hindemith's opera, based on the life and theories of Johannes Kepler, is impressively realised by the Landestheater

****1

Bruckner Orchester Linz in Chicago

Sam Jacobson, 3rd February

The Bruckner Orchester Linz’s Chicago appearance was centered on American music with music director Dennis Russell Davies and vocalist Angélique Kidjo, rounded off by a Zemlinsky song cycle based on African-American poetry.

***11

Terra Nova larger than life at the Landestheater Linz

Chanda VanderHart, 26th May

I can certainly attest that this was the closest I have ever felt to watching a 3-D thriller in Dolby Surround Sound whilst at the opera.

****1

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Chris Garlick

Chris Garlick is the co-founder of Signal Gallery in Hoxton. His first degree was in music, training as a classical composer. Chris has written about art frequently in Art of England magazine, Artist and Illustrator for online blogs.

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