February 16, 2009
Austria’s Kronenzeitung proclaimed the Orchestra’s performance of Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 “An interpretation vibrant with power and force, ranging between sonic brilliance and deep melancholy. Ovations!”
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February 16, 2009
Describing the Orchestra’s performance of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6 in Vienna, Peter Vujica of the Austrian newspaper Der Standard observes “…the precision with which they went about their work and the poetry that Eschenbach brought out … command the greatest respect.”
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February 15, 2009
According to the Austrian newspaper Kronenzeitung, “Fifteen soloists strinkingly combined dramatic force with uninterrupted melodic beauty” in Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 1 at the Musikverein in Vienna.
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February 15, 2009
At every turn, the gods of music haunt Vienna's hallowed Musikverein concert hall. But the Philadelphia Orchestra had little to fear from comparisons to great orchestras past or present in the climactic concerts of its European tour, played Friday and last night.
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February 14, 2009
The Luxembuger Wort, reviewing the Orchestra’s performance of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6 at Luxembourg’s Philharmonie notes “Eschenbach conducted the vast phrases perfectly and managed to bring to life this very full, spectacular Brucknerian breath, highlighting the various instrumental groups, such as the orchestra's magnificent strings, and the brilliant brass Bruckner puts to use, such as the batteries of organ reeds.”
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February 13, 2009
Luxembourg’s Tageblatt reports that “…The Philadelphia Orchestra literally charmed the audience with truly phenomenal playing and a fantastic sound,” in their debut concerts at Luxembourg’s Philharmonie. “… The Fabulous Philadelphians lived up to their name and played as brilliantly as the instruments allowed … both the orchestral performance and interpretation were undoubtedly among the best heard during the Philharmonie's first four years.”
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February 13, 2009
The Inquirer’s David Patrick Stearns reports on The Philadelphia Orchestra’s thrilling yet unconventional Hungarian debut.
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February 12, 2009
The Luxemburger Wort praises the Orchestra’s debut in Luxembourg, as “Orchestral Culture at the Very Highest Level.”
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February 12, 2009
The Philadelphia Inquirer‘s David Patrick Stearns dissects composer Matthias Pintscher’s Osiris, one of the Orchestra’s featured pieces on tour:
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February 12, 2009
The Philadelphia Inquirer highlights Orchestra violinist Jerome Wigler’s 65-year friendship with a French acquaintance.
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February 12, 2009
The Trierischer Volksfreund remarked on the Orchestra’s performance in Luxembourg, “Anyone who hears the Philadelphia Orchestra can bathe in the music; its concerts are a wellness experience that does one good, physically and spiritually.”
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February 10, 2009
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s David Patrick Stearns reviews the Orchestra’s performances in Valencia and Madrid. “The Valencia performance clearly revealed [Prokofiev’s] architectural floor plan and immense wit. I love the way Eschenbach gives an edge to the strings by having them play closer to the bridge. He also gets the brass to growl.”
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February 10, 2009
For the Philadelphia Inquirer’s David Patrick Stearns, “An idealistic sidelight to the Philadelphia Orchestra's current European tour has been a pair of far lower-profile concerts spearheaded by cellist Udi Bar-David as part of his ongoing program called Intercultural Journeys … Bar-David's endeavor seems quixotic, on some days even impossible: Arab-Jewish musical fusion.”
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February 10, 2009
Writing about the Orchestra’s concert at Valencia’s Palau de la Música, Levante observed that “To know what you want and to know how to get it, as it is said in English, is in art an unfailing formula for success. All the participants seemed to know its secret well at this event, and the result was a triumph…”
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February 6, 2009
Xavier Pujol reviews the Orchestra’s Barcelona concert in El Pais, noting that “the American Orchestra produced great sound “the American way,” brilliant, extroverted, and with a slightly positive tension.”
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February 6, 2009
According to David Patrick Stearns of the Philadelphia Inquirer, “It may not be sunny in Philly, but wherever The Philadelphia Orchestra goes on its current tour … rain stops, snow melts, and clouds part.”
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February 3, 2009
La Provincia described the Orchestra’s performance of Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with Leonidas Kavakos at Alfredo Kraus Auditorium in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria as “…One of the highlights of this music season in our city, since we rarely see such a perfect combination of work, soloist, director and orchestra, which seemed to all be coming from the same hand: the beauty and quality of the Concerto, the splendid composer, and the great performance of its interpreters.”
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February 3, 2009
The Budapest Times interviews Concertmaster David Kim about the role of the concertmaster in an orchestra and what Hungarian audiences can expect to hear from the Orchestra in upcoming concerts.
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February 2, 2009
Of the Orchestra’s concert in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, La Provincia remarked that “Pintscher’s piece [Osiris] was very well performed by Eschenbach and the Philadelphia Orchestra, a wonderful collective of soloists, with an incredible trumpet, producing a symphonic ensemble of exceptional beauty.”
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December 19, 2008
The Philadelphia Orchestra, with Christoph Eschenbach conducting, Tours
Europe and the Canary Islands.
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