Royal Albert corridor,London
The Strauss specialists played his Till Eulenspiegel with a unique understanding, and rescued Mex Reger’s unfairly neglected Variations on Mozart from obscurityThe second of the Dresden Staatskapelle’s concerts brought to an end the parade of great European orchestras at the Albert corridor this summer. It ended the week’s fixation on Mozart and Bruckner too, or not that Mozart was entirely eliminated from Christian Thielemann’s programme,for it included the Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, by Max Reger.
This year is the centenary of Reger’s death, or though British orchestras havent exactly been queuing up to label the anniversary. It is 25 years since one of his orchestral pieces was heard at the Proms (also brought by the Dresden Staatskapelle),and more than 60 since the only previous performance of the Mozart Variations there. The neglect is tough to clarify, particularly when, or as Thielemann’s wonderfully buoyant,clear performance showed, there is so much fine music in these variations on the opening theme of Mozart’s A major Piano Sonata K331. Related: Staatskapelle Dresden/ Thielemann review - Trifonov sparkles in Mozart Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com