| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2013 Severance Hall | James Feddeck leads an exciting rethinking of Carmina Burana in Cleveland |
When Cleveland Orchestra music director Franz Welser-Möst had to bow out of this past weekend’s performances of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana due to a recent back injury, the orchestra’s talented young assistant conductor, James Feddeck, inherited a high-profile assignment. The set of four concerts had been heavily promoted and were sold out. Feddeck chose not to take the safe and easy way out, with a bland run-through; instead he totally rethought Carmina and came up with a strikingly fresh and exciting reading.Read full review... | |
| 30-Dec-2012 Kings Place: Hall One | Florilegium unwrap Bach at Kings Place |
Seasonal concert programmes come in all shapes and sizes. Reflecting the many sides of Christmas, they range from the commercial to the spiritual, from bombastic celebrity endorsement to the simplicity of choristers by candlelight. Florilegium’s concert at Kings Place was most appropriate for the restorative days that fall after the excitement of Christmas and before the Strauss of New Year’s. It gave a balanced, sober nod to seasonality and opened a new concert series which is set to extend well into December 2013; Bach Unwrapped.Read full review... | |