April 3, 2020
Philharmonia Orchestra (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
St David's Hall
Cardiff
Daniel Kharitonov, piano
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio espagnol
LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite
April 5, 2020
April 9, 10, 11, 2020
Minnesota Orchestra (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
Minnesota Orchestra Hall
Minneapolis, MN
Augustin Hadelich, violin
WEBERN: Passacaglia
BRITTEN: Violin Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
13 Mar 2020
In view of the current international situation relating to the spread of COVID-19 which would have prevented several candidates and members of the jury to come to Paris, the Paris Mozart Orchestra and Philharmonie de Paris have made the decision to postpone the inaugural La Maestra International Competition for Women...
06 Mar 2020
On March 10, Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Choir at the National Music Auditorium in an extraordinary concert in tribute to the victims of terrorism. The concert program will consist of Gustav Mahler's overwhelmingly transcendent Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection," featuring soprano Camilla Tilling and mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn...
A trip to the world of classical music by the hand of the most international Spanish maestro.
Heras-Casado approaches classical music without restraints or prejudices, because you don't need to have musical knowledge to understand it; music is what it conveys to us, what it makes us feel.
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14 Feb 2020
Al Teatro Real de Madrid llega ‘El anillo de Nibelungo’, la segunda parte de la ópera de Richard Wagner ‘La Valquiria’, que es, además, el título más popular de la serie. El programa ha charlado con Pablo Heras-Casado, al frente de la dirección musical de esta obra calificada como “desafío de dimensiones épicas”.
13 Feb 2020
“El sueño de Wagner es un orgasmo musical que debe ser una de las experiencias terrenales que más cerca del cielo pueden situar al ser humano. Sobre todo si suena como Pablo Heras-Casado consigue hacer sonar a la Sinfónica de Madrid. Una función redonda que consigue que el público se vuelque con su orquesta, nuestra orquesta, desde el primer y maravilloso acto. Y ya hasta el final. Casi cuatro horas de música sublime que, en este caso, llevan a una experiencia cuasi religiosa. El Real parecía la ópera de Múnich, donde de escucha a Wagner con un respeto que impone.”
“Hay que empezar por el buen trabajo de Pablo Heras-Casado, que logró algunos instantes de excelente plasmación sonora, así todo el desarrollo del segundo cuadro del segundo acto, con un análisis detallado y adecuadamente labrado del extenso dúo Brünnhilde-Siegmund, donde los planos quedaron bien reproducidos y la prestación orquestal brilló a buen nivel. Como lo hizo en la parte final del dúo de cierre y en el remate de la ópera.”
“But what made this Walküre so memorable was Pablo Heras-Casado’s conducting and the orchestral playing. He was the undoubted hero of the hour, leading an impassioned, fleet account of this miraculous score, never allowing tension to sag. Orchestral textures were finally balanced, and he was rewarded with exceptional playing, particularly from the brass and woodwind sections, all underpinned by luminous strings. Tempi were judiciously chosen, and there was a natural ebb and flow to the performance – in fact this was one of the finest performances of this work we’ve heard live in the theatre, whetting the appetite for the remaining two operas.”
“Pablo Heras-Casado gave a superb reading of the opera, and the Teatro Real orchestra once again demonstrated their unquestionable talent.”
Seen and Heard International
Pablo Heras-Casado, Münchner Philharmoniker
Monteverdi
Selva morale e spirituale Dixit Dominus secondo
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Allegro molto vivace
Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: II. Langsam
Jean-Guihen Queyras, Pablo Heras-Casado & Freiburger Barockorchester
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”: II. Vivace non troppo
Pablo Heras-Casado, Freiburger Barockorchester
Pablo Heras-Casado is the Principal Guest Conductor of Teatro Real, Madrid, artist of harmonia mundi & Deutsche Grammophon, also records for Decca Classics and Sony Classical, and is Global Ambassador of Ayuda en Acción.
Photos: Fernando Sancho
