A Brief Encounter with the Qatar Philharmonic

By Mark Pullinger, 08 September 2014

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“Han-Na Chang... lit the biggest firecracker under the Allegro vivace of the fourth movement”

Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 7 September 2014

Ranjbaran, Seemorgh - The Sunrise (European première)

Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op.18

Rachmaninov, Prelude in G minor, Op.23 no.5

Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64

Denis Matsuev, Piano

Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra

Han-Na Chang, Conductor

Han-Na Chang scores with three Viennese “Bs” in Singapore

Chang Tou Liang, 1st August

Leila Josefowicz’s clear and incisive tones sears through thickets of dissonance in Alban Berg's Violin Concerto, “To the Memory of an Angel”.

****1

Han-Na Chang makes long-awaited conducting debut in Sydney

Zoltán Szabó, 8th May

Making her debut on the conductor’s podium, Han-Na Chang’s enthusiastic musicality makes a strong impression at the Sydney Opera House, in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto no. 2 and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

****1

Mischa Maisky still a live wire on his Singapore return

Chang Tou Liang, 29th September

Some 37 years after his Singapore debut, the cellist revisits Saint-Saëns' First Cello Concerto with the Singapore Symphony and Han-Na Chang.

****1

Bruno Delepelaire and Han-Na Chang dazzle with the RSNO

Simon Thompson, 9th December

Bruno Delepelaire plays unforgettable Elgar, while Han-Na Chang makes a terrific debut in the RSNO's final season concert of 2022.

*****

Han-Na Chang conducts familiar favourites to open Singapore season

Chang Tou Liang, 16th July

Fiery Beethoven from Han-Na Chang and full-blooded Grieg from Churen Li light up the season opener in Singapore.

****1

Intended and unintended images in Oslo

Aksel Tollåli, 12th January

Conductor Han-Na Chang and the Oslo Philharmonic impressed with a fiercely fast overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila and an exciting new piece by Norwegian composer Jan Erik Mikalsen.

***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.

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