The engaging lyricism of cellist Amit Peled's debut at Ravinia Festival

By John Dorhauer, 02 September 2013

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Reviewed at Bennett Gordon Hall, Highland Park on 31 August 2013

Beethoven, 12 Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, Op.66

Brahms, Cello Sonata no. 2 in F major, Op.99

Mendelssohn, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song), Op.34 no.2

Popper, Tarantella, Op.33

Schubert, Ave Maria (originally Ellens Gesang III), D.839

Glazunov, Chant du Ménéstrel, Op.71

Eccles, Cello Sonata in G minor

Haydn, Cello Concerto no. 1 in C major, Hob VIIb:1

Granados, 12 Danzas Españolas: Andaluza, Op.37 no.5

Bach, Pastorale in F Major, BWV590

Williams, Film music from Schindler's List (Theme)

Davidov, At the Fountain, Op.20 no.2

Bloch, From Jewish Life: Prayer

Amit Peled, Cello

Noreen Polera, Piano

Luisotti and SF Opera Orchestra in Concert

Jeffery S. McMillan, 3rd June

Anticipation is running high for the kick off of San Francisco Opera’s summer season on Friday, June 8, 2012, with the local premiere of John Adams’s Nixon in China. As a sort of appetizer to the five-week season music director Nicola Luisotti and his players gave an orchestral concert on June 3 at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley.

***11

Korngold and Mahler from Ray Chen, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

Roy Westbrook, 12th May

Few violin concertos soar from the first bar as Erich Korngold’s does, especially as in Ray Chen's high-wire account at the Royal Albert Hall.

****1

Energetic Currentzis and Utopia at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 12th May

From Berg’s crystalline intimacy to Dionysian Mahler, Teodor Currentzis and Utopia defy orchestral tradition with standing musicians, spatial acoustics and an emotional intensity that breathes new life into the concert life.

****1

Era-defining string sound in the Liverpool Phil’s Mahler 9

Rohan Shotton, 10th May

Domingo Hindoyan nears his five-year anniversary at the RLPO with Mahler's Ninth Symphony.

****1

Alexander Malofeev conjures sophistication at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 10th May

Sitting low on the piano stool and with his head gently bobbing from side to side, this is music to listen to on repeat.

****1

Redemption and musical caffeine: Nelsons conducts Mahler 8 in Vienna

Mark Pullinger, 10th May

Sunday morning Mahler at the Wiener Konzerthaus sees Andris Nelsons concluding his symphony cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic in shattering fashion.

****1

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John Dorhauer

Aside from writing reviews for Bachtrack, John Dorhauer is a composer, arranger, educator, and performer. He has a Master’s degree in Music Composition from Roosevelt University and is adjunct faculty at Elmhurst College and Roosevelt University. John also writes for his own blog, and you can read this and find out more about his music at his website.