Bachtrack logo
What's on
All eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesCompetitionsFestivals
Reviews
All reviewsConcert reviewsOpera reviewsDance reviews
Articles
All articlesFeaturesInterviewsOpinionPlaylists
News
Video
Video homeAll videoStreamed eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesPublishers
Site
About usContact usLink to usConditions of useCookiesPrivacy
Young artists
Travel
EventsReviewsArticlesVideo

The Music Route: A feast for peripatetic music lovers in Istanbul

By Jonathan Sutherland, 05 June 2017
Loading, please wait...
See full listing
Reviewed at S Mary Armenian Church, Istanbul on 3 June 2017
Programme
Bach, Violin sonata no. 1 in G minor, BWV1001
Bach, Violin sonata no. 2 in A minor, BWV1003
Performers
Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev, Violin
Ayşe Şenogul, Soprano
Merve Kocabeyler, Harp
Semplice Quartet
And Karabacak, Clarinet
Trio Immersio
Strings of Camerata Strumentale Citta di Prato
More Concert reviews
Beethoven “alla turca” at the Istanbul Music Festival
Mark Pullinger, 27th September
Beethoven meets Ottoman composer Dede Efendi in a contemporary take on the Pastoral Symphony in Istanbul. 
***11
A benevolent shepherd for young singers
Alexandra Ivanoff, 11th September
In the wide world of impersonal, take-a-number singing competitions, Istanbul’s Leyla Gencer Voice Competition stands out for its unusual TLC of young singers. And its generous selection of prizes.
Schubert, frivol.
Larissa Schütz, 15th March
Das Landestheater präsentiert das Rezept für frischen Wind im Musiktheater: Man nehme vier junge Gesangstalente, stelle stecke in eine Bühnen-WG und gebe ihnen Opernfragmente Franz Schuberts; heraus kommt Schubertstraße 200, eine neue und erfrischende Produktion des Opernstudios Gerard Mortier.
***11
Ein Griff in die Trickkiste
Larissa Schütz, 20th September
Zum Auftakt der neuen Opernsaison inszeniert Intendant Carl Philip von Maldeghem in Salzburg die letzte Oper des genius loci Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Heraus gekommen ist ein bunter Zirkus und weitgehend solide musikalische Leistungen. 
***11
Hilary Hahn’s French odyssey of refinement and fire in Dublin
Andrew Larkin, 14th May
Two technical mishaps punctuate the evening, but Hilary Hahn maintains poise throughout a French programme crowned by a finely judged, deeply expressive performance of Fauré. 
****1
Frank Dupree's Liverpool debut has the audience crying out for more
Glyn Mon Hughes, 14th May
A concert celebrating the 250th anniversary of the USA saw Liverpool audiences treated to a sumptuous Copland as well as a symphony  as well as a barn-storming performance of Gershwin and Duke Ellington, performed by Frank Dupree who was making his debut with the RLPO. 
*****
More reviews...
Read reviews of
Ayşe ŞenogulJohann Sebastian BachSemplice QuartetViolin sonata no. 1 in G minor, BWV1001Violin sonata no. 2 in A minor, BWV1003
Related articles
Loading image...
Bach transformed: Jean Rondeau on remaking the Goldberg Variations
Loading image...
The music in mathematics: a conversation with Bertrand Maury
Loading image...
Traces and scratches: the magical world of composers’ handwriting
Loading image...
Two rediscovered organ works by JS Bach performed in Leipzig
Jonathan Sutherland
Jonathan Sutherland
Jonathan Sutherland is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is also an internationally renowned concert pianist specializing in the music of the 1930s. Jonathan’s first operatic experience was hearing Maria Callas sing Tosca in Covent Garden and he has since heard performances in all continents of the world including over 60 different productions at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has written for The Australian, Opera Today and The Opera Critic as well as Bachtrack. Jonathan speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently and is based in the south of France near Nice.