Review: LISA BATIASHVILI e SIMON RATTLE al Festival in Pasqua in Baden-Baden: i Berliner Philharmoniker in concerto.
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The Danze Slave Op. 72 di Antonín Dvořák represent a fascinating constant in the work of Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra led by their Principal Director, Sir Simon Rattle.
A selection of these opened on April 14, 2017 the Symphonic Concert of the great German orchestra, conducted by M ° Rattle, al Easter festival in Baden-Baden Festival Hall of the German spa town.
The quality of the overall yield is unequivocal. After all, how do you review i Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra without praising them? Dvořák's dances, then published in two parts, are related to the no less popular Hungarian Dances of Johannes Brahms.
Also the genesis of the second work of Dvořák scheduled, the Concerto for violin and orchestra in A minor op. 53, has a connection with the German composer, for the moment of composition and for the support of the great violinist Joseph Joachim, which inspired the author several changes to the original project.
The execution in Baden-Baden was entrusted to the Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili, not new to the collaboration with the Berliners.
The young and beautiful concert performer delighted not only the ears of the bystanders, but also the eyes of the admired and elderly male audience that crowded the hall. Her long dress in forest green lurex damask, with an all-deutsch taste, matched well with a blonde and flowing hair, which the artist controlled better than the instrument so that she did not get caught between strings and bow. Up to now, you had seen the conductor hair: the violin hair is a completely Baden-Baden novelty, which enlivened the performance with suspense.
Curious notation aside, the artist, endowed with an authoritative arch, but with the ability to give the concert an all-female "lightness" without losing quality, gave a personal imprint to the masterpiece and gave a perfect rendering: the the result was the exaltation of an irresistible masterpiece, both in the lyric and in the passages of lively folklore.
Although Dvořák's musical language seems to resemble that of Bartók, both composers, however, managed to blend, in an original way, aspects of the Western European musical tradition with the language of their countries of origin. The execution of the Concert for orchestra Sz 116, entrusted to conclude the evening by the Berliners under the baton of Sir Rattle, could only enhance the soloist skills of the orchestra members, who at various moments of the concert were able to show off their own personal virtuosity.
Overall, the entire evening was thrilling, which left satisfied the audience crowding the room on the occasion of one of the interesting events Easter festival 2017, which also includes a controversial staging of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini.
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PHOTOS © Berliner Philharmoniker, Stephan-Rabold, Sammy Hart