An idiosyncratic take on Bruckner 5 from Robert Trevino in Malmö

By Alexander Hall, 21 May 2021

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“full of primary colours but not much in between”

Reviewed at Malmö Live Konsertsalen Malmö, Malmö on 20 May 2021

Bruckner, Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, WAB 105

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Robert Treviño, Conductor

Boris Giltburg scores with double Shostakovich in Malmö

Mark Pullinger, 8th April

Not one, but two piano concertos in the Malmö Live Konsertsalen, with a Finnish filling in Patrik Ringborg's Shostakovich sandwich.

****1

Anna Pirozzi shines as a queen bee Turandot

Laura Servidei, 3rd July

Anna Pirozzi and Piero Pretti bring Italian sunshine to Baumgarten’s confused production at the Opernhaus Zürich.

**111

Obsessed with life, dance and song: Mahler’s Tenth in Birmingham

Simon Cummings, 18th May

Robert Treviño and the CBSO channel the stylistic shifts of Mahler’s Symphony no. 10 to reveal a work volatile and painful, yet bristling with life to the last.

****1

Exhilarating Russian and Polish repertoire from the BSO

David Truslove, 12th February

At the helm of a highly responsive Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Robert Trevino led commanding performances of two Russian symphonies and a forthright account of Szymanowski's First Violin Concerto.

****1

An atmospheric Shostakovich 5 from the RPO and Robert Trevino

Alexander Hall, 30th October

Curate's eggs are surprisingly common in the musical world: a disappointing concerto performance from an off-form Alexei Volodin but impressive results from Robert Trevino and the RPO in the main work.

***11

Lots to say: Mozart and Mahler in Liverpool

Rohan Shotton, 27th January

Robert Trevino conducts the RLPO in a stormy Mahler 5th after a deeply personal account Mozart's Clarinet Concerto by Julian Bliss

****1

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.