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2021-03-08 11:24:00
Franz Schubert: Octet in F major – Musicians of Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra – Megaron Athens Concert Hall, Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall, 11-13.03.2021 (Premiere: 11.03.2021, 20:30, Live streaming)
Like comparable works by Spohr, Hummel and others, Schubert's irresistible Octet is a late offshoot of the eighteenth-century tradition of serenades scored for mixed wind and strings. And together with the B flat Piano Trio, D.898, it comes closer than any of his other late instrumental works to the popular image of the companionable, echt-Viennese composer pouring out a stream of spontaneously inspired melody. We owe its existence to Count Ferdinand Troyer, a talented amateur clarinettist who was chief steward at the court of Beethoven's friend and pupil, Archduke Rudolf. Early in 1824 the count proposed that Schubert write a follow-up to Beethoven's Septet, which to its composer's intense irritation had become a runaway success. (When Beethoven learnt of its triumph in England he was heard muttering that the work should be burned.) Schubert duly obliged, adding a second violin to the Septet's line-up of clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, […]
2020-12-28 06:27:00
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major (CD review)
Also, 2 Romances. Midori, violin; Daniel Dodds, Festival Strings Lucerne. Warner Classics 0190295179205.By John J. PuccioIt still seems like only yesterday to me that violinist Midori Goto (b. 1971) made headlines after a surprise appearance at Tanglewood with conductor Leonard Bernstein. That was in 1982, whenMs. Goto was only eleven years ago and had not yet decided to go by only the single name “Midori.” Today, she is no longer the child prodigy, but she is an honored musician worldwide with about two dozen record albums to her name.With this latest recording, Midori tackles the Beethoven Violin Concerto, a project one might have expected her to have undertaken many years ago, given the popularity of the music. Perhaps better late than never, and fans of the violinist’s fluid, mellifluous style will no doubt find great satisfaction in the performance. For myself, I found Midor’s interpretation beautiful, to be sure, but at […]
2020-11-11 08:51:35
Review: Beethoven – Violin Concerto, Romances – Midori
In her first recording of Beethoven's Violin Concerto, Midori is joined by the Festival Strings Lucerne. The post first appeared on The Classic Review.
2019-02-25 00:13:19
The Lucerne Festival Strings Chamber Orchestra, in Lucerne, Switzerland has this week announced the acquisition of the 1672 Sellière Stradivarius violin to the ensemble’s instrument bank. The instrument was formerly owned by Austrian industrialist Theodor Hämmerle – and is the second Stradivarius violin in the orchestra’s collection. The violin, which has been in a Swiss bank safe […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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