Up close and personal at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna

By Chanda VanderHart, 10 June 2018

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“this performance was so passionate that it felt almost voyeuristic to be listening so closely”

Reviewed at Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna on 8 June 2018

Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op.4

Strauss R., Capriccio, Op.85: Sextet

Wagner, Tristan and Isolde: Prelude to Act 1 (Arr. Sebastian Gürtler)

Members of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Franz-Markus Siegert, Violin

Anaïs Tamisier, Violin

Martin Edelmann, Viola

Raphael Handschuh, Viola

Julia Schreyvogel, Cello

Raffael Dolezal, Cello

Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

**111

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

Nicholas McGegan brings delicacy and elegance to Mendelssohn

Erica Miner, 18th April

The Seattle Symphony offers an enchanting evening immersed in the joy and brilliance of both the young and the mature genius of Felix Mendelssohn.

****1

Picture postcard Spain from the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia

Phil Parker, 17th April

Vibrant, colourful music is played with every last ounce of enthusiasm as the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia rounds off its UK tour at Sheffield City Hall.

****1

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.