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Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony glows with passion in Rotterdam

By Marc Kalf, 12 December 2016

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Reviewed at De Doelen: Grote Zaal, Rotterdam on 9 December 2016

Bach, Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh! - hymn, BWV478 (Arr. Stokowski)

Abrahamsen, Left, alone

Shostakovich, Symphony no. 4 in C minor, Op.43

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Alexandre Tharaud, Piano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

Intimate colossus: Daniil Trifonov with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Max Lima, 21st May

Late Brahms, early Schoenberg: under Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic draw tenderness from two monumental scores.

****1

Daniel Lozakovich makes his debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Clare Varney, 9th October

Tarmo Peltokoski searches in vain for the harsh brutality in Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony with the Rotterdam Philharmonic.

***11

The real deal: Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Clare Varney, 7th November

Truls Mørk joins Tarmo Peltokoski and the Rotterdam Phil for a deeply emotional reading of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto no. 2.

****1

Brahms forges a friendship: Yannick Nezet-Seguin returns to Rotterdam

Eleanor Knight, 2nd May

Musical connections between Brahms, Dvořák and Price as Randall Goosby joins the Rotterdam Philharmonic – both as soloist and orchestral member.

****1

Stylish Mozart and vibrant Prokofiev from the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Susan Stempleski, 9th March

The renowned pianist glows in Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 9, while the rising star conductor impresses in selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.

****1

Overcrowding suffocates DNO's Traviata

Eleanor Knight, 27th January

Adela Zaharia is cast as a Violetta for whom the party never stops in this revival of Tatjana Gürbaca's busy staging at Dutch National Opera.

**111

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Marc is an engineer, but most of all a passionate lover of music, of all centuries. He plays French Horn himself (as amateur) and attends many concerts each year. He lives near Amsterdam so the Concertgebouw is more or less his 2nd home. Writing about music is slowly becoming as interesting as experiencing the music itself. His musical education is based on many years of exploring music, his passion wants him to discover again and again lost treasures.