| 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-Aug-2012 Hollywood Bowl | Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos' crushing Carmina Burana at the Hollywood Bowl |
What a stark contrast between the visual and the aural at last Thursday’s concert at the Hollywood Bowl. On stage was the 79-year-old conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, appearing frail as he shuffled towards the podium; the gauntness of his features accentuated by his suit which hung loosely from his frame.Read full review... | |
| 25-Mar-2012 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | Bernard Labadie conducts Bach's St. John Passion at Carnegie Hall |
An outstanding lineup of soloists joined Bernard Labadie at Carnegie Hall Sunday for a performance of J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion. Hearing Labadie conduct his own ensemble Les Violons du Roy and the chamber choir La Chapelle de Québec with such a superb group of soloists was truly a treat indeed.
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| 15-Dec-2011 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | Messiaen and Bach at Carnegie Hall |
Robert Spano conducted the Orchestra of St. Luke's and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus in an ambitious concert in Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall. The results were as mixed as the programming, which featured J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 and Magnificat, alongside Messiaen's Trois petites liturgies de la Présence Divine.
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