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CologneBrahms, Shostakovich
Brahms, Shostakovich
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck; Hilary Hahn
CologneLigeti, Vivier, Simpson
Ligeti, Vivier, Simpson
WDR Symphony Orchestra; Cristian Măcelaru; Nicola Benedetti; WDR Rundfunkchor
CologneLessons in Love and ViolenceConcert performance
Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
Sir George Benjamin; Dan Ayling; Mahler Chamber Orchestra; MCO Academy Project; Georgia Jarman; Hannah Sawle
CologneChoral opera: Chronicles of loneliness
Ronchetti: Chronicles of loneliness
Mariano Chiacchiarini; Konrad Kuhn; Chor des Bach-Vereins Köln; Knaben des Kölner Domchores; Kölner Männer Gesang Verein; The Present
CologneAll-day music
Saunders, Lachenmann, Ianotta, Žuraj, Djordjevic, Urquiza, Kuwabara
Ensemble Modern; Ensemble Musikfabrik
CologneBasel Sinfonietta | Peter RundelWorld premiere
Zhu, Pelzel, Lachenmann, Saunders
Basel Sinfonietta; Peter Rundel; Carolin Widmann; Boglárka Pecze
CologneGérard Grisey: Les espaces acoustiques
Grisey: Les espaces acoustiques
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie; Ingo Metzmacher; Ensemble Modern; International Ensemble Modern Academy
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An excellent Rhenish from the Rhineland
Schumann's Third returns to its spiritual home as François-Xavier Roth conducts the Gürzenich Orchestra in a fine Rhenish.
Not all mineshafts fully accessible in Cologne
Brio is one important element in the mining of Romantic feeling. Not everything worked in this combination of Mendelssohn, Bruch and Schumann.
Christiane Karg excels in Berg with the MCO and Fabio Luisi
Luisi programmes Berg, the dark harmonist, and Schubert, the blithe melodist, as a musical yin and yang in Cologne.
Mathis Kaspar Stier takes the bassoon spotlight in Jolivet's concerto
A strong connection between Manfred Honeck and the WDR musicians was clearly palpable during the entire performance.
Punch and passion from Gürzenich Orchester Köln
An exciting, though brief, world premiere and Schubert’s turbulent Fourth Symphony were given impressive readings by the Gürzenich Orchestra under Michael Sanderling, with Raphaela Gromes sensitive and passionate in Schumann.
Raising a glass to greatness: Gürzenich's splendid Stravinsky marathon
The players gathered at the bar for a Scotch as the credits rolled. After three hours and twenty minutes of note-taking, I decided to follow suit.
Musical contrasts from Fabien Gabel and the Gürzenich Orchester Köln
In Cologne, Stravinsky's neoclassicism comes up against the echt-romanticism of Schreker and Korngold, ending in a draw.
Hrůša and the Czech Phil bring magnificent programme to Cologne
The Czech Philharmonic, in tremendous form, still play their core repertoire with unaffected naturalness.