Zender's Winterreise from Mark Padmore in New York

By Edward Sava-Segal, 19 October 2016

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Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Zankel, New York City on 16 October 2016

Schubert, Winterreise (W. Müller), D.911

Mark Padmore, Tenor

Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor

Ensemble Connect

“Conversations” from Ensemble ACJW

David Allen, 29th April

Ensemble ACJW's thoughtful approach to programming pays off in Akiho, Bach, Benjamin, Birtwistle, and Ligeti.

****1

Ensemble ACJW at Carnegie Hall

Bachtrack reviewer, 14th December

Ensemble ACJW performed works by Berio, Reich, and Bartók with conductor David Robertson and soprano Dawn Upshaw at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall. This attractively programmed concert featured an admirable first half, though the Bartók left something to be desired.

***11

Ensemble ACJW performs Vivaldi, Prokofiev, Lang and Reich at Paul Hall

Lydia Brown, 4th June

Inside Juilliard’s Paul Hall, a splendid spectacle of geometric juxtaposition greets the eyes. The wood-paneled interior is a busy mishmash of thin vertical rectangles and squares of varying sizes, whose right angles are further contrasted by a row of glossy spherical lights on each wall.

****1

Interstellar birdsong at Carnegie Hall: Messiaen's Des canyons aux étoiles... with Ensemble ACJW

Amanda Keil, 19th March

When Alice Tully, the great New York patron of the arts, commissioned a work from Olivier Messiaen to celebrate the American bicentennial, the French composer packed up his sketchbooks and headed West. He found inspiration in the unearthly beauty of Utah’s national parks, among the brilliantly colored landscapes of canyons, cliffs, rock pillars, and arches. Des canyons aux étoiles...

***11

Forebodings: Elizabeth Futral embodies Saarihao's Émilie at Lincoln Center Festival

Amanda Keil, 19th July

“I put into your hands manuscripts that I very much wish will remain after me,” wrote Émilie du Châtelet shortly before the birth of her fourth child in 1749. “I hope... that my lying-in, which I am expecting at any moment, will not be fatal, as I fear.” Her fears did prove fatal, and she died days after giving birth, at the age of 42.

****1

Wrangling the octopus: Mahler’s Ninth with Sir Simon Rattle

Chanda VanderHart, 17th April

Less a symphony, more a force of nature, Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a turbulent, yet spacious reading of Mahler's Ninth Symphony in the Musikverein.

****1

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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.

Zender's Winterreise from Mark Padmore, Sir Simon Rattle and Ensemble Connect