| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2013 İş Sanat | All Mozart and no play: Kevin Griffiths, Paul Lewis and Berlin Kammerorchester in Istanbul |
 The billing looked intriguing enough: Kevin Griffiths – the young London-born conductor, celebrated for his dedication to contemporary music, coupled with his fellow countryman Paul Lewis – one of today’s prominent performers of Beethoven and particularly Schubert, in an evening dedicated to Mozart’s music. Still, the odd one out in the sonic equation seemed to be the Kammerorchester Berlin, who, although obviously proficient enough to play anything put in front of them, sounded a little too thin.
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| 29-Jan-2013 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | Simon Rattle and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment excel in Mozart |
 Fifteen years ago I sat dutifully listening to the excellent Haringey Schools Orchestra nobly attempting to bring off the herculean musical feat of the Shostakovich Fifth Symphony. Many hours of coaching and rehearsal had clearly brought the youngsters to this point. Proud parents and friends fidgeted through the painful 55 minutes, and everyone clapped appreciatively when it ended. It was then that the delightful announcement was made that local boy Sir Simon Rattle had agreed to conduct Gershwin’s Strike Up the Band overture to round off the concert.Read full review... | |
| 26-Jan-2013 Christus Triumfatorkerk | Les Vents Atlantiques shines in a riveting performance of baroque symphonic works |
 The youthful, up-and-coming orchestral ensemble, Les Vents Atlantiques, presented a riveting program this weekend to an eager audience. Performing chamber and orchestral repertoire from the late eighteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries, the group was led by violinist Rebecca Huber. Members of this new ensemble formed in The Hague during the past couple years, promoting the performance practice of this repertoire in the manner in which it was done at the time of its composition.Read full review... | |
| 19-Jan-2013 Meyerson Symphony Center | Turkish, sunny Wolfgang: Round One of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's Mozart Festival |
 Outside.jpg) Verdi and Wagner may be turning 200 in 2013, but certainly that doesn’t make their music any more or less worth celebrating than it was last year, or will be in five years’ time. So why not mix things up and mark a prime number here and there? In honor of a certain upcoming 257th birthday, Jaap van Zweden led the Dallas Symphony Orchestra this weekend in the first of two programs comprising the DSO’s Mozart Festival.Read full review... | |
