Impassioned evening: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

By Phil Parker, 03 November 2023

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“a splendidly ‘no holds barred’ performance”

Reviewed at Sheffield City Hall: Oval Hall, Sheffield on 2 November 2023

Lyatoshynsky, Grazhyna Symphonic Ballad, Op.58

Bruch, Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op.26

Skoryk, Caprice for violin solo

Paganini, Caprice no. 24 for solo violin in A minor, Op.1 no.24

Strauss R., Don Juan, Op.20

Liszt, Symphonic poem no. 6 "Mazeppa", S 100

Lysenko, Farewell Waltz in C minor, Op.39 no.1

Volodymyr Sirenko, Conductor

Aleksey Semenenko, Violin

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Hinreißende Kammermusik von Kodály & Enescu

Rolf Kyburz, 13th June

Vilde Frang leitete das Ensemble vom ersten Pult aus – hochqualifizierte, hochkarätige Individuen der gleichen Generation, vereint im Willen, eine Spitzenleistung zu erbringen.

*****

Ein Strauss Musik von Brahms bis Kodály bei der Festival Academy Budapest

Rolf Kyburz, 10th June

Bei den Metamorphosen waren die leisen Stellen total verinnerlicht, und in den intensiven Partien schien das Klangbild demjenigen der vollen Besetzung in nichts nachzustehen.

***11

Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

**111

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

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Phil Parker

Phil is a retired A-level English teacher who is now able to devote his life to things he really wants to do with his time. These include, but are not limited to: writing short fiction (his first collection, Girl with Fan, was published in late 2023), singing, creating programme notes for his choir’s concerts, volunteering, cooking, reading, and attending all home games at his beloved Manchester City. Alongside these is listening to classical music (live, on disc and on the radio), a lifetime’s love of which was sparked at the age of 11 when he discovered Haydn.

Impassioned evening: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine in Sheffield