Savall's Beethoven sets Salzburg aflame

Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations

Jordi Savall conducts Le Concert des Nations

By Mark Pullinger, 08 August 2023

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“Beethoven played with fire and spirit, deserving of a standing ovation...”

Reviewed at Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg: Großer Saal, Salzburg on 7 August 2023

Beethoven, Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Eroica", Op.55

Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op.67

Le Concert des Nations

Jordi Savall, Conductor

Savall conducts Beethoven and Haydn at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 3rd April

Beethoven's Christus am Ölberge is paired with Haydn's Die sieben letzten Worte, a journey from agony to transcendence in which the agony proves the more honest companion.

***11

In Berlin, Jordi Savall stars in a Mozart double-bill

Elena Luporini, 16th March

The Catalan conductor and his Concert des Nations bring an all-Mozart programme to the Berlin Philharmonie, with the help of the basset clarinet.

****1

Ballet du Capitole’s double bill: a glorious musical feast

Jonathan Gray, 24th October

The conducting of Jordi Savall thrills during the Ballet du Capitole's double bill of ballets by Gluck.

****1

Le Concert des Nations: Ravel for the ages at Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Roy Westbrook, 3rd September

Jordi Savall explores the music of Maurice Ravel within the context of the French Baroque and beyond.

****1

A garden of musical delights: La clemenza di Tito at the Mozartwoche

Orsolya Gyárfás, 25th January

While the semi-staging falters, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller and Magdalena Kožená prove a thrilling pair in Mozart's final opera seria.

***11

All the evenings of the world

Travis Mason, 19th October

Jordi Savall's returns to 1991 film soundtrack and captivates a full house at St John's Smith Square.

*****

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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.