Tender and mischievous: Ottensamer in London

By Elisabeth Schwarz, 08 July 2017

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“you could almost feel the flowery melody wafting away like fragrance”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 6 July 2017

Weber, Grand Duo Concertant in E flat major, Op.48

Baermann, Clarinet Quintet no. 3 in E flat major Op 23: Adagio

Beethoven, Variations in C major on "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's Don Giovanni, WoO 28

Mahler, Rückert-Lieder: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Rheinlegendchen

Cimarosa, Oboe Concerto in C major (Arr Arthur Benjamin)

Brahms, Wie Melodien zieht es mir (As If Melodies Were Moving), Op.105 no.1

Bassi, Fantaisie brillante on Verdi's Rigoletto. for Clarinet and Piano

Andreas Ottensamer, Clarinet

José Gallardo, Piano

Through the Eyes of the Cello: Music Revisited

Megan Beynon, 28th June

Each piece in Nicolas Alstaedt and José Gallardo's programme was re-imagined for the cello as a direct response to existing musical material. The original music either came from a different genre, or was composed for a different instrument. Four significant works in the cello repertoire emerged.

Beethoven, Schubert und eine Gänsemutter an der Festival Academy Budapest

Rolf Kyburz, 11th June

Das Kelemen-Quartett überzeugte mit leichter Artikulation, einem weichen Ton und ausgezeichneter, sprechender Agogik und Dynamik, perfekter Koordination. Es agierte aus einem Geist, mit einer Seele.

****1

Sublime Mozart from Ottensamer and the Schumann Quartett at Klosters

Roy Westbrook, 28th July

These charming miniatures sounding overparted snatched from domestic service and pressed into public performance.

****1

Andreas Ottensamer switches from soloist to podium in Montreal

Ian Cochrane, 11th October

Pierre Genisson parachutes in as clarinet soloist to join Montreal's Orchestre Métropolitain, led by Berlin Phil Principal Clarinettist, Andreas Ottensamer.

***11

Famous sons of famous fathers with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra

Alexander Hall, 17th April

Almost a case of bringing coals to Newcastle: two works by Brahms, played by a Swiss orchestra and with an Austrian soloist in the composer's home town.

***11

Andreas Ottensamer charms with hyphenated Brahms and Mendelssohn

Chang Tou Liang, 10th December

Lorenzo Viotti conducts a programme of familiar favourites including a speedy Prokofiev “Classical” Symphony.

***11

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Elisabeth Schwarz

Elisabeth is Bachtrack’s German Editor and Press Manager. After more than five years in London, she is now back in Vienna, spending more time at the opera and in cafés than her own living room. She also organises music projects for people who have experienced homelessness and works as a freelance translator and copywriter for classical music PRs.

Tender and mischievous: Andreas Ottensamer and José Gallardo shine at Wigmore Hall