Elegant guise from Arabella Steinbacher with Dresden Philharmonic

By Mark Thomas, 23 May 2018

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“Steinbacher is a class act, gliding with linear guise”

Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 22 May 2018

Weber, Euryanthe: Overture

Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35

Shostakovich, Symphony no. 5 in D minor, Op.47

Dresden Philharmonic

Arabella Steinbacher, Violin

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

Mercurial Schumann and portentous Bruckner in Cologne

Stephen Pritchard, 18th April

Pianist Alice Sara Ott and the Dresden Philharmonic at the Cologne Philharmonic

****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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Mark Thomas

A lifelong devotee of classical music, Mark caught the bug after listening to The Planets, The Rite of Spring and Beethoven’s Fifth when he was knee-high to a grasshopper. He has degrees in non-musical subjects and currently works as a Chartered Governance Professional, but these have proved to be mere distractions from the wonders of sonatas, concertos and symphonies. He has been reviewing for Bachtrack since 2016, plays viola and violin (very shakily) and used to sing a bit (even more shakily).

Elegant guise from Arabella Steinbacher as Dresden Philharmonic takes on Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich