Mathis Kaspar Stier takes the bassoon spotlight in Jolivet's concerto

By Edward Sava-Segal, 18 April 2021

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“a serious challenge for a bassoonist’s technical prowess”

Reviewed at Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne on 17 April 2021

Dvořák, Cigánské melodie (Gypsy Songs) on poems by A. Heyduk, Op.55 (arr. Manfred Honeck)

Jolivet, Concerto for bassoon, harp, piano and string orchestra

Beethoven, Symphony no. 6 in F major "Pastoral", Op.68

Mathis Kaspar Stier, Bassoon

WDR Symphony Orchestra

Manfred Honeck, Conductor

Not all mineshafts fully accessible in Cologne

Alexander Hall, 30th April

Brio is one important element in the mining of Romantic feeling. Not everything worked in this combination of Mendelssohn, Bruch and Schumann.

***11

Jukka-Pekka Saraste lacks romanticism with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln at Salle Pleyel

Constance Clara Guibert, 17th September

Romanticism found both its source and its end at Salle Pleyel on Tuesday night: Beethoven’s Egmont overture, incidental music for a heroic drama written by Goethe, and his Fifth Symphony, where it has been said that “Fate knocks at the door” – both works composed before 1810 – and Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs, created in 1948, when the last notes of Romanticism in music history were dying slow

**111

WDR Symphonieorchester Köln takes a gamble on young talent, but Kazuki Yamada delivers

Gavin Dixon, 6th July

The WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln put its fate in the hands of the younger generation for this evening’s concert. Conductor Kazuki Yamada is only 34. The original violin soloist was to have been Lisa Batiashvili, but she pulled out and was replaced by the 22-year-old Serge Zimmermann.

***11

Quinta de Chaikovski desbordante en L’Auditori con Orozco-Estrada

Maria Sánchez, 24th February

El conjunto alemán recreó una lectura llena de matices, brillos y bailes motívicos relucientes que posibilitaron una interpretación magistral entre líneas románticas.

*****

Heute Feste feiern wie gestern und morgen

Jens Klier, 28th October

Frisch gebackener Ritter Măcelaru legt mit Di Castri, Lutosławski und Orff zündende Lunten eines in sich stimmigen Geburtstagsfeuerwerks.

****1

Volles zeitgenössisches Risiko vom WDR Sinfonieorchester

Michael Klier, 8th May

Das von Baldur Brönnimann dirigierte Programm mit Werken von Unsuk Chin, Josep Planells Schiaffino und James Diaz kann nicht immer überzeugen.

***11

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

Mathis Kaspar Stier takes the bassoon spotlight in Jolivet's concerto in Cologne