Brilliantly energetic Alsop and the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra in Manchester

By Rohan Shotton, 29 October 2013

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Reviewed at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on 27 October 2013

Assad, Terra Brasilis – Fantasia on the Brazilian National Anthem

Bernstein, West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

Mahler, Symphony no. 1 in D major "Titan"

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Marin Alsop, Conductor

Prom 51: Passion and Brazilian flair from Alsop and the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Mark Thomas, 24th August

In true Olympian spirit, Marin Alsop and her São Paulo Symphony Orchestra dived head first into the drama of Brazilian music, with luxurious Rachmaninov and Gabriela Montero freely expressive in Grieg.

****1

Epic Shostakovich 5 from Alsop and the São Paulo SO

David Smythe, 22nd August

Marin Alsop nods to her mentor in Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, challenges the Edinburgh Festival Chorus with Villa-Lobos' Chôros 10 and astonishes in a passionate enduring performance of Shostakovich's Fifth.

****1

Colours, dreams and seascapes in São Paulo

Ivan Chiarelli, 5th December

Celso Antunes and Bertrand Chamayou present the evocative music of Debussy, Scriabin and Takemitsu with the São Paulo State Orchestra.

****1

Volmer/ OSESP present Sibelius, Adams and Beethoven

Ivan Chiarelli, 15th August

In a program conceived by composer and conductor John Adams, Sibelius’ Lemminkäinen Suite, Adams’ own Absolute Jest and Beethoven’s Symphony no. 7 sounded in sympathetic resonance with Charles Ives’ Three Places in New England.

****1

Literary influences in music in São Paulo

Ivan Chiarelli, 8th August

Jaime Martín conducts Antoine Tamestit and the OSESP in a night of literary inspired music by Berlioz, Turina and De Falla.

***11

Tito Muñoz, Julian Bliss in São Paulo

Ivan Chiarelli, 6th June

Directed by guest conductor Tito Muñoz, the São Paulo State Orchestra (OSESP) performed a programme centered around the different conceptions of contrast, with music by Takemitsu, Beethoven and Nielsen.

***11

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Rohan Shotton

Rohan has reviewed concerts and opera across the UK and Europe, but chiefly in Manchester, where he enjoys conducting and playing percussion and piano. He works as a hospital doctor, having studied in St Andrews and Manchester, and tweets as @RohanShotton.