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Aimard/RSB/Popelka - Schoenberg and Mahler, 9 March 2024
PhilharmonieSchoenberg: Piano Concerto, op.42 Mahler: Symphony no.1 Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)Berlin Radio Symphony OrchestraPetr Popelka (conductor)Images: Peter MeiselThe world’s near-silence for Schoenberg’s anniversary year continues to deafen. Perhaps everywhere is waiting for September, when his birthday falls, and all will be revealed in a flurry of ‘new season’ announcements. And perhaps eternal Friede will descend upon the Erde this Christmas. In the meantime, Berlin, mostly at the Philharmonie, where there is an exhibition from the Arnold Schönberg Center in the foyer, continues to do better than most. Pierre-Laurent Aimard, who is certainly doing his bit, joined the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSB) and Petr Popelka for an outstanding performance of the Piano Concerto, probably the best I have heard live—and a match for the best on record. The opening was unusual: difficult to put my finger (or ear) quite on how, but Aimard’s solo put me in mind a soliloquy, with a […]
2023-11-09 14:14:23
Classical music is generally thought of as something that’s just old, […]
2023-11-07 19:55:00
New York Philharmonic. Susanna Malkki, conductor; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; Jeno Lisztes, cimbalom. November 3, 2023.
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. Orchestra 1 (Seat Y105, $90).Aimard and Malkki after the Ligeti piano concerto. The orchestra did not seem particularly large, but there were a lot of instruments involved.ProgramHungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, S.244/2H (1847; arr. 2017) by Liszt (1811-86), arr. Listztes (b. 1986).Romanian Folk Dances, BB 76 (1915; orch. 1917) by Bartok (1881-1945).Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1985-86/1988) by Ligeti (1923-2006).Pictures at an Exhibition (1874; arr. 1922) by Musorgsky (1839-81), arr. Ravel (1875-1937).This is an eclectic program. It begins with two short pieces based on Hungarian and Romani tunes, followed by a piano concert by Ligeti. The second half was Russian music orchestrated by a French composer, but remains undoubtedly Russian in character. The audience was also treated to the cimbalom, a Hungarian variation of the hammered dulcimer. Individual pieces have their merits, but I can't see how the pieces constitute a coherent concert […]
2023-11-03 16:11:50
The conductor Susanna Mälkki led a program centered on Ligeti’s Piano Concerto, propelled by the soloist Pierre-Laurent Aimard.
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