The calm before the storm: Pärt, Strauss and Shostakovich with the Oslo Phil

By Jack Dhainaut, 03 March 2017

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“wailing and weeping woodwind... brought an icy chill over the auditorium”

Reviewed at Oslo Concert Hall (Konserthus), Oslo on 2 March 2017

Pärt, Fratres

Strauss R., Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)

Shostakovich, Symphony no. 11 in G minor "The Year 1905", Op.103

Lise Davidsen, Soprano

Oslo Philharmonic

Stefan Solyom, Conductor

Virtuosity and volume: Oslo Phil plays Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich

Chanda VanderHart, 22nd January

Batiashvili’s account of the Tchaikovsky concerto confirms why she remains one of the most compelling violinists of her generation.

***11

Batiashvili, Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic in Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 18th January

A last-minute programme change doubles Batiashvili’s Tchaikovsky at the Elbphilharmonie, but repetition is transformed into fresh revelation.

****1

A high Klaus operation: Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic

David Karlin, 23rd October

In their home concert hall under their Chief Conductor, the Oslo Philharmonic produce a high quality performance of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony.

****1

Superstar performances from Yuja Wang and Klaus Mäkelä in Edinburgh

David Smythe, 22nd August

Yuja Wang plays both Ravel piano concertos with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Edinburgh International Festival.

*****

Mäkelä leads his Oslo troops in a gripping Shostakovich 5

Mark Pullinger, 25th May

Leif Ove Andsnes joins the Oslo Philharmonic in dynamic Rachmaninov before high-energy Shostakovich closes the season.

****1

With a fine Oslo Philharmonic, Yuja Wang wows the Proms

David Karlin, 12th August

Yuja Wang lives up to her superstar status in Liszt and a couple of operatic encores, while the Oslo Philharmonic show icy clarity in Sibelius and orchestral colour aplenty in Strauss.

****1

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Jack Dhainaut

Having studied foreign languages and literature at King’s College, Cambridge and the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Jack is currently teaching English and French in a small but lovely village in deepest Catalonia, where he is one of two tenors in the local choir. A double bassist and erstwhile clarinettist, his musical interests range from the symphonies of Shostakovich to the Catalan Nova Canço.