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

Ambition meets the Philharmonie: Peltokoski and Kantorow in Paris

Laurence Vittes, 2nd June

Two prodigies, with a surplus of imagination and more interest in the moment than in creating long arcs of music, join the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in Paris.

****1

Staatskapelle Dresden’s sonic alchemy at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 2nd June

From the earthy joy of Meistersinger to the sublime textures of Debussy, Daniele Gatti channels the Dresdeners' legendary, layered warmth into an unforgettable evening of pure acoustic luxury.

****1

Jurowski marks Hans Werner Henze’s centenary at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 31st May

Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin deliver a lean, razor-sharp exploration of captivity and survival, balancing Beethoven’s and Brahms’ structural clarity against the devastating, high-fidelity distortion of Henze’s Ninth Symphony.

****1

Kissin, Bell and Isserlis: remembrance and loss at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 31st May

Solomon Rosowsky, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky form a matinee programme whose deeper connections gradually came into focus.

****1

Mischievous Pan at Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s French May

Christopher Halls, 30th May

French clarinettist Raphaël Sévère unearths beauty in Nielsen’s concerto and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta impress in two settings of Pan’s antics at the French May Festival.

****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.