Raphael Wallfisch: the Czech connection

By Hedy Mühleck, 14 May 2015

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Reviewed at Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham on 13 May 2015

Mozart, Symphony no. 38 in D major, "Prague”, K504

Dvořák, Rondo in G Minor (1891 version), Op.94

Dvořák, From the Bohemian Forest (Ze Sumavy): Silent Woods, Op.68 no.5

Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104

Bach, Cello suite no. 3 in C major, BWV1009 (Sarabande)

Raphael Wallfisch, Cello

Orchestra of the Swan

David Curtis, Conductor

Troubled dreams from David Le Page and the Orchestra of the Swan

Mark Valencia, 29th March

David Le Page's The Interpretation of Dreams did not, sadly, live up to the trailer.

**111

Helping put Salieri back on the map

Hedy Mühleck, 12th October

The Orchestra of the Swan and David Curtis are on a mission to rescue the reputation of Mozart's alleged rival and tormentor.

***11

Dramatic Shostakovich and tender Tchaikovsky

Katherine Dixson, 13th April

Being the resident band in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Orchestra of the Swan is having a busy time of it right now, in the lead-up to Shakespeare400.

****1

The silver chain of sound with Orchestra of the Swan and Tamsin Waley-Cohen

Katherine Dixson, 26th April

David Curtis displayed his usual deceptively effortless ease on the podium. Perhaps this felt like a handy warm-up for the marathon that he would run, hard on the heels of this concert, in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Orchestra of the Swan’s home territory.

****1

A window on the Three Choirs Festival: Debussy, Tabakova and Fauré

Katherine Dixson, 23rd July

After weeks of foul weather, this was more like it. Proper sunshine for a summer festival. Around Hereford Cathedral, watched over by a statue of Elgar draped in a fresh laurel wreath, Three Choirs Festival-goers enjoyed the warmth before venturing inside for equally sunny music. Even the yellow flowers framing the stage carried through the theme, setting off the golden centre-stage harp.

****1

Helping put Salieri back on the map

Hedy Mühleck, 12th October

The Orchestra of the Swan and David Curtis are on a mission to rescue the reputation of Mozart's alleged rival and tormentor.

***11

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Hedy Mühleck

Hedy is a former Bachtrack German Editor and Press Liaison. She's a musicologist, a great fan of British music of the 19th and 20th century, a folk musician, bibliophile and a coffee and tea aficionado. She also likes singing, cats, and to make all kinds of sweet treats.

Raphael Wallfisch, the Orchestra of the Swan and the Czech connection