Germany Schumann, Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO3: Soloists, RIAS Chamber Choir (chorus director: Gregor Meyer), Children’s Choir of the Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gymnasium, Berlin (chorus directors: Jan Olberg and Vera Zweiniger). Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / John Storgårds (conductor), Philharmonie, Berlin, 16.2.2020. (MB)
Berlin
Rhythmic precision at the heart of Kirill Petrenko’s concert with the Berlin Philharmonic
Germany Stravinsky, Zimmermann and Rachmaninov; Grisey: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor); Raphael Haeger, Simon Rössler, Jan Schlichte, Wieland Welzel, Matthias Kessler, Laura Melero Beviá (percussionists) / James Wood (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 15.2.2020. (MB)
A baffling evening of Meyerbeer at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Germany Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Jeremy Bines), Opera-Ballet, and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Alexander Vedernikov (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 2.2.2020. (MB)
(c) Bettina Stöss
Fruitful Berlin collaboration between Thomas Guggeis and the Boulez Ensemble
Germany Bach, Hindemith, Haddad, and Stravinsky: Boulez Ensemble, Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 31.1.2020. (MB)
A brilliant reading of Falstaff by Zubin Mehta and the Staatskapelle Berlin
Germany Verdi, Falstaff: Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin / Zubin Mehta (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 29.1.2020. (JMI)
As Brexit looms, an English work flourishes in a Berlin opera house
Germany Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Children’s Choir (chorus director: Christian Lindhorst) and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Donald Runnicles (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 29.1.2020. (MB)
at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (c) Bettina Stöß
Kirill Petrenko’s individual approach to Mahler’s Sixth
Germany Mahler: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 23.1.2020. (MB)
Outstanding Tetzlaff Quartet performances of Schoenberg and Beethoven in Berlin
Germany Schoenberg and Beethoven: Tetzlaff Quartet (Christian Tetzlaff, Elisabeth Kufferath [violins], Hanna Weinmeister [viola], Tanja Tetzlaff [cello]). Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin, 19.1.2020. (MB)
