Thielemann conducts the Berlin Phil's “Golden Twenties” finale

By Simon Thompson, 27 February 2021

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“it’s hard to imagine this music sounding better or treated with more care”

Reviewed at Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin on 27 February 2021

Hindemith, Neues vom Tage: Overture

Busoni, Tanzwalzer, Op.53

Strauss II, Künstlerleben (Artist's Life Waltz), Op.316

Strauss R., Das Rosenband, Op.36 no.1

Strauss R., Ständchen, Op.17 no.2

Strauss R., Freundliche Vision, Op.48 no.1

Strauss R., Wiegenlied, Op.41 no.1

Strauss R., Allerseelen (All Souls' Day), Op.10 no.8

Strauss R., Zueignung (Dedication), Op.10 no.1

Strauss R., Morgen! Op.27 no.4

Strauss R., Die Tageszeiten, Op.76

Berliner Philharmoniker

Christian Thielemann, Conductor

Camilla Nylund, Soprano

Rundfunkchor Berlin

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****1

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*****

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Elena Luporini, 17th September

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****1

A place to call our own: Marin Alsop in Berlin

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****1

Robertson conducts the German premiere of Srnka's Superorganisms

Elena Luporini, 13th February

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****1

Berlin Phil à la hongroise with Seong-Jin Cho

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****1

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Simon Thompson

Simon lives and works in Edinburgh, and teaches History and Modern Studies at a local high school when he is not writing about music. Born an Irishman, he is an enthusiastic adopted Scot, and has lived in the capital for fifteen years since university days, making the most of its many avenues for classical music. He spends his spare time enthusing about music, theatre, art and literature to anyone who will listen, including his long-suffering students, who have no choice.