An Eastern European odyssey: Capuçon plays Dvořák

By Jack Dhainaut, 14 March 2016

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Reviewed at L'Auditori: Sala Pau Casals, Barcelona on 12 March 2016

Parra, Wilde Suite

Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104

Prokofiev, Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, Op.100

Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia

Kazushi Ono, Conductor

Gautier Capuçon, Cello

Haydn, Sor and Mozart return live in Barcelona

Laurence Vittes, 8th July

Mozart's Clarinet Concerto started out naively impetuous, quick, breathless as if on the way to an assignation

****1

Ono/OBC: Compelling Respighi and Bartók, disappointing Brahms

David Karlin, 5th October

It's a game of two halves in Barcelona from Kazushi Ono and the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya.

***11

Turandot in Tokyo: A bold reimagining of the ending

Nahoko Gotoh, 18th July

Alex Ollé focuses in the princess's trauma to provide a back story for Puccini’s problematic last opera; Eri Nakamura captivates the New National Theatre audience.

****1

Zimmermann's Bach and Schumann stand out in Barcelona

Pep Gorgori, 15th December

This season, the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC) is turning its eyes towards Bach, whilst at the same time programming the usual great symphonic repertoire, as well as contemporary composers. Here, Kazushi Ono gathered a Bach concerto (transcribed for violin), a rarely-performed work by Schumann and Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra.

***11

Julian Rachlin thrills in Tchaikovsky's concerto in Barcelona

Pep Gorgori, 30th September

The bonds between Kazushi Ono and the OBC musicians are slowly improving.

****1

Bach dressed by other composers in Barcelona

Pep Gorgori, 28th April

Bach presented in various orchestral transcriptions made for a powerful, entertaining evening in Barcelona.

****1

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Jack Dhainaut

Having studied foreign languages and literature at King’s College, Cambridge and the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Jack is currently teaching English and French in a small but lovely village in deepest Catalonia, where he is one of two tenors in the local choir. A double bassist and erstwhile clarinettist, his musical interests range from the symphonies of Shostakovich to the Catalan Nova Canço.

An Eastern European odyssey: Capuçon plays Dvořák's Cello Concerto in Barcelona