Brilliant Szymanowski from Christian Tetzlaff and the Antwerp SO

Christian Tetzlaff and Maxim Emelyanychev

Maxim Emelyanychev conducts the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

By Marc Haegeman, 10 January 2025

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“seamlessly balancing the diaphanous lyricism with grittier fiddling”

Reviewed at Muziekcentrum De Bijloke: Concertzaal, Ghent on 9 January 2025

Mussorgsky, Night on the Bare Mountain (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)

Szymanowski, Violin Concerto no. 1, Op.35

Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 6 in B minor, "Pathétique", Op.74

Christian Tetzlaff, Violin

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

Maxim Emelyanychev, Conductor

Antwerp Symphony opens season with magical Weber and exciting Schumann

Simon Thompson, 11th October

Philippe Herreweghe conducts Marie-Elisabeth Hecker in Schumann’s Cello Concerto in this fine programme in the Concertgebouw Brugge.

****1

Speaking truth to power: Jaap van Zweden conducts Shostakovich

Eleanor Knight, 21st April

In a brilliant performance of the "Leningrad" Symphony, Jaap van Zweden proved that great music knows no cultural borders.

*****

Elder and Elgar: riveting Enigma Variations from Sir Mark in Antwerp

Cameron Kelsall, 14th May

Mezzo-soprano Stephanie d'Oustrac also met the dramatic and musical challenges of Berlioz's Les Nuits d’été.

*****

Philippe Herreweghe conducts an energetic Mozart Requiem in Antwerp

Edward Sava-Segal, 7th May

Despite distancing, the members of Collegium Vocale Gent filled the Queen Elisabeth Hall with an impressively cohesive sound, transparent and powerful at the same time.

****1

Jaap van Zweden welcomed back in Antwerp

Zoltán Szabó, 12th February

The Dutch conductor returns to his old orchestra for a concert stream of Beethoven, with Nicholas Angelich, and Tchaikovsky.

****1

All-Russian Sunday matinee double bill from Elim Chan in Antwerp

Marc Haegeman, 2nd February

Interrupted melody in Vondráček’s Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto, but magnificent playing from Chan and the Antwerp Symphony.

***11

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Marc Haegeman

Marc Haegeman graduated as a historian from the University of Ghent. He developed a keen interest in music, ballet, photography and nature. As a dance writer and photographer he contributed to leading dance magazines in the last 20 years, including The Dancing Times, Dance International and Ballet2000, and has been working with companies worldwide. His classical music reviews appeared in Classical Net and on his blog I used mostly my ears. He is particularly interested in Russian music and the piano. When free, he loves spending time in nature, photographing landscapes and wildlife.

Brilliant Szymanowski from Christian Tetzlaff and the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra