Sublime singing in Scenes from Goethe's Faust

By Jenny Camilleri, 08 December 2019

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“Gerhaher ... captured both the torment and the rapture of this ceaseless striving”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 6 December 2019

Sibelius, Valse triste, Op.44 no.1

Schumann, Szenen aus Goethes Faust

Christian Gerhaher, Baritone

Christiane Karg, Soprano

Louise Alder, Soprano

Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano

Claire Barnett-Jones, Mezzo-soprano

Werner Güra, Tenor

Tareq Nazmi, Bass

Kurt Rydl, Bass

Nederlands Kamerkoor

Netherlands Childrens Choir (Nationaal Kinderkoor)

Laurens Collegium Rotterdam

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor

Chailly makes a highly anticipated return to the Royal Concertgebouw

Max Lima, 4th March

Joined by two of the Netherlands' finest choirs, Riccardo Chailly conducts a Prokofiev double bill: the Fourth Symphony, a first for the orchestra, paired with the cantata Alexander Nevsky.

*****

Rafael Payare makes an unconvincing Royal Concertgebouw debut

Clare Varney, 19th February

Frank Peter Zimmermann joins the orchestra to bring Frank Martin’s seldom heard Violin Concerto back to the Netherlands.

***11

Jaap van Zweden, Dutch wanderer, rejoins the Concertgebouw Orchestra

Clare Varney, 21st January

Leonidas Kavakos joins the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for an evening of Hollywood glamour and lush Romantacism.

*****

Paavo Järvi and Beatrice Rana at the Concertgebouw

Antonio D'Amato, 9th October

An evening of contrasts at the Concertgebouw, where Beatrice Rana’s poised Beethoven meets Paavo Järvi’s clear-eyed Sibelius in a thoughtful performance with moments of genuine resonance.

***11

Barbara Hannigan conducts the Royal Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 2nd October

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra puts Persian music centre stage with the Dutch premiere of Tehran-based composer Golfam Khayam's I am a tale not to be told.

*****

Dramatic French flair from Thibaudet, Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 17th September

Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s astonishing technical prowess in Saint-Saëns’ Fifth Piano Concerto entrances Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw.

****1

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Jenny Camilleri

After completing her postgraduate studies in psychology at the University of Toronto, Jenny moved to Amsterdam, where she enjoys singing in amateur choirs. She loves all genres of classical vocal music, especially nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian and German opera and art songs.

Sublime singing in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Scenes from Goethe's Faust