Esa-Pekka Salonen s'illustre dans les Gurrelieder

By Gilles Lesur, 18 March 2014

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“Merci et bravo Maestro !”

Reviewed at Salle Pleyel, Paris on 14 March 2014

Schoenberg, Gurre-Lieder

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Chœur de Radio France

Howard Arman, Conductor

MDR Radio Choir Leipzig

Denis Comtet, Conductor

Katarina Dalayman, Soprano

Michelle DeYoung, Mezzo-soprano

Robert Dean Smith, Tenor

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tenor

Gábor Bretz, Bass

Barbara Sukowa, Narrator

Mirga and the Philhar': impressive Shostakovich in Paris

David Karlin, 14th November

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France impress mightily under the baton of their new Principal Guest Conductor. Gidon Kremer disappoints in Weinberg.

****1

Thrills without chills in Aix-en-Provence

Charlotte Gardner, 24th April

Beatrice Rana, Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France bring a thrilling Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto to the Festival de Pâques, even if their Shostakovich 10 is more of a beauty than a bully.

***11

Magnifique! L'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Antwerp

Marc Haegeman, 21st October

Franck conducts Franck! In Antwerp Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France play the Symphony in D minor and are joined by Sol Gabetta for Lalo.

*****

Blasts from the ancient past at Prague Spring

Frank Kuznik, 27th May

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France brings a contemporary burnish to the Year of Czech Music with Kryštof Mařatka's new violin concerto, Sanctuaries – In the Depths of Cave Paintings.

****1

In love with Stravinsky, Offenbach and Barbara Hannigan in Paris

Laurence Vittes, 28th May

Audiences return to the Maison de la Radio for Barbara Hannigan and l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

*****

French programme with Franck and Gabetta at the Elbphilharmonie

Alexander Hall, 15th December

On tour with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck and Sol Gabetta present an odd programme of mixed fare.

***11

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Gilles Lesur

Tombé à l’âge de 10 ans dans la musique grâce à une manécanterie il n’en est plus jamais ressorti. Quelques années après il rejoignait un grand chœur parisien tout juste fondé avant de réussir simultanément le concours de médecine. Depuis il mène de front ces deux passions !

Esa-Pekka Salonen dirige de somptueux et lumineux Gurrelieder