Martin Fröst, Sakari Oramo / RSPO — Lucerne, 2019-03-22

Blog post #479 — Concert review, ★★★★½, Martin Fröst, Sakari Oramo, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra @ KKL, Lucerne, 2019-03-22 (Migros Kulturprozent Classics) — Liebermann: “Furioso” for big orchestra (1947); Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622; Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D major, “The Titan”; pre-concert: Marie Lys, soprano & Céline Latour Monnier, piano — Lieder by Grieg, Mozart, Schumann
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Gabetta, Alsop / London Philharmonic Orchestra — Lucerne, 2018-09-14

Concert review, Sol Gabetta, Marin Alsop / London Philharmonic Orchestra — Lucerne Festival, KKL, Lucerne, 2018-09-14 — Elgar: “The Wand of Youth”, Suites No.1 & 2 for Orchestra, op.1a/1b (excerpts); Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85; Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D major, “Titan”

Skride, Nelsons / Boston Symphony Orchestra — Lucerne, 2018-09-12

Concert review, Baiba Skride, Andris Nelsons / Boston Symphony Orchestra @ Lucerne Festival, KKL, Lucerne, 2018-09-12 — Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s “Symposion”, for solo violin, strings, harp, and percussion; Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 in C minor, op.43

Kaleidoscope String Quartet, Brönnimann, Sinfonietta — Basel, 2018-06-10

Concert review, Kaleidoscope String Quartet, Baldur Brönnimann, Basel Sinfonietta @ Basel, 2018-06-10 — Mason Bates: Mothership (2011); Simon Heggendorn: Simply that (2018) & Cascades (2018); Missy Mazzoli: River Rouge Transfiguration (2013); Heggendorn: Lava (2018); Philip Glass: Dance from “Akhnaten” (1984); Heggendorn: Choral (2014) & Horizons (2018)

Janke, Simakov, Giraud Ensemble — ETH Zurich, 2018-01-30

Concert review, Andreas Janke, Sergey Simakov / Giraud Ensemble @ Auditorium Maximum, ETH Zurich, 2018-01-30 — Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra, op.48; Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s “Symposion” for solo violin, harp, percussion and strings

DVD — Mahler: Symphony No.8 — Riccardo Chailly / LFO

Gustav Mahler, Symphony No.8 in E♭ major (“Symphony of a Thousand”) — Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra (Lucerne Festival 2016, Opening Concert in the KKL); with Ricarda Merbeth, Juliane Banse, Anna Lucia Richter, Sara Mingardo, Mihoko Fujimura, Andreas Schager, Peter Mattei, Samuel Youn, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Latvian Radio Choir, Orfeón Donostiarra, Tölzer Knabenchor. Blu-ray disk, received for reviewing.