| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2013 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra charms and delights at Carnegie Hall |
 Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall is by no means a modest-sized concert stage, and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra seemed to take up every square inch of it. The sheer size of the orchestra is initially what struck me, until the opening lines of Rolf Martinsson’s Open Mind, Op. 71. An introductory overture for orchestra, this piece – which enjoyed its US première Friday night – followed a nine-tone scale but was nevertheless melodic, colorful and deeply romantic.
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| 18-Jan-2013 Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall | Bronfman, Maazel and the New York Phil in seamless interpretations of Brahms and Sibelius |
 Johannes Brahms was a Romantic with a capital R. Born six years after Beethoven’s death, Brahms was so determined to continue the composer’s colossal musical legacy that he labored over his First Symphony (often nicknamed “Beethoven’s Tenth”) for over a decade. He spent nearly as much time laboring over his Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, an all-engrossing display of raw passion that explores virtually the entire spectrum of human emotion in less than an hour.
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| 27-Oct-2012 Severance Hall | Robin Ticciati makes his Cleveland Orchestra debut with Rachmaninov and Sibelius |
 Severance Hall was full on Saturday evening for the Cleveland Orchestra debut of one of the hottest young conductors on the scene today: Robin Ticciati. Not yet 30, Mr Ticciati is conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Music Director-designate at Glyndebourne. The soloist, Macedonian-born pianist Simon Trpčeski, was also making his Severance Hall debut, although he appeared with the orchestra at Blossom Music Center in summer 2009.
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| 26-Oct-2012 Usher Hall | RSNO with Søndergård in Andersson, Mahler and Sibelius |
 The pre-concert talk is a firm favourite with many RSNO regulars. Situated in what feels like an impromptu chapel near the Upper Circle Bar, this 25-minute exploration attracts a congregation which spills well beyond the hundred or so seats laid out. Soon to rejoin the ranks of the first violins, Ursula Heideker Allen interviewed two of the evening’s key figures: RSNO Principal Guest Conductor Thomas Søndergård, and the composer of the opening piece, B. Tommy Andersson.Read full review... | |
