Mercurial Schumann and portentous Bruckner in Cologne

By Stephen Pritchard, 19 April 2018

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“The Adagio, dedicated to Wagner and the symphony's emotional core, unfolded with stately grandeur”

Reviewed at Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne on 18 April 2018

Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54

Bruckner, Symphony no. 7 in E major, WAB 107

Alice Sara Ott, Piano

Dresden Philharmonic

Michael Sanderling, Conductor

Maria Ioudenitch, Stanislav Kochanovsky and the Dresden Philharmonic

Alexander Hall, 15th April

There is something peculiarly Russian about the capacity for suffering as exemplified in the music of Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. Maria Ioudenitch, Stanislav Kochanovsky and the Dresden Philharmonic are excellent interpreters at Cadogan Hall.

****1

Elegant guise from Arabella Steinbacher with Dresden Philharmonic

Mark Thomas, 22nd May

A polished Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto from Arabella Steinbacher preceded a forceful Shostakovich 5 from Michael Sanderling as the Dresden Philharmonic continue their UK tour.

****1

Marek Janowski returns to Weber’s Euryanthe

John Johnston, 19th January

Emily Magee was in glowingly refulgent voice as the 'damsel in distress', Euryanthe, in this concert performance of Weber's rarity.

****1

Beethoven from Dresden in Cardiff

Rohan Shotton, 1st April

Michael Sanderling conducts the Dresden Philharmonic in Beethoven in Cardiff.

****1

Wow factor from Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

David Truslove, 16th October

As this visiting orchestra from Saxony reached the closing stages of their 2 week UK tour they still had some terrific commitment and punch to their sound.

*****

Arabella Steinbacher and the Dresden Philharmonic in Birmingham

Katherine Dixson, 21st June

The highlight of the Dresden Philharmonic's evening in Birmingham was Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, with Arabella Steinbacher's performance a joy to experience.

***11

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Stephen Pritchard

Stephen Pritchard began singing as a treble at the age of eight and progressed to become a tenor in Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, the Gibbons Consort and now the English Chamber Choir. Writing about music has been at the core of his 40-year career in journalism, chiefly at the Observer. He has been known to play a pretty mean jazz double bass.