A bold opening: Mozart celebrated in Bogotá

By Mark Pullinger, 03 April 2015

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Reviewed at Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Bogotá on 1 April 2015

Mozart, Idomeneo, re di Creta, K366: Overture

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

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

Mozart, Symphony no. 35 in D major, "Haffner”, K385

Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá

Francesco Belli, Conductor

Guy Braunstein, Violin

Ori Kam, Viola

Jasminka Stančul, Piano

Bogotá's Russian Season opens

Laurence Vittes, 12th April

The hometown Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá (OFB) proves big-league as they launch the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo's Bogotá es la Rusia Romántica.

****1

Dudamel's powerful appetizer in Bogotá

Julián Montaña, 6th July

The monumental sound and the forcefulness in character that Gustavo Dudamel manages to imprint on the orchestras he has conducted has been long discussed. It is almost a signature; a revolution in an orchestral world more generally interested in what is correct and traditional.

****1

Noche memorable a cargo de Pacho Flores y la Filarmónica de Bogotá

Irene Littfack, 15th April

El trompetista venezolano Pacho Flores maravilló en su triple faceta de compositor, director e intérprete junto al conjunto de metales de la Filarmónica de Bogotá.

****1

Filarmónica de Bogotá: América en concierto

Irene Littfack, 15th November

La Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá bajo la dirección de Robert Moody mostró su excelencia en un interesante concierto que incluyó el estreno de dos obras en Colombia.

*****

Dos estrenos y un clásico con la Filarmónica de Bogotá

Irene Littfack, 25th May

El repertorio, particular y novedoso, inició aludiendo musicalmente a la muerte y poco a poco condujo al público a momentos mágicos que permitieron recordar que la vida es un instante frágil y fantástico.

****1

Filarmónica de Bogotá: destellos y sombras

Irene Littfack, 6th April

La Filarmónica de Bogotá presentó un programa variado y contrastante en el que la formación con Paul Chiang al frente encaró retos muy distintos.

***11

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

A bold opening to a bold festival: Mozart celebrated in Bogotá