MusicAeterna orchestra and choir’s tour - Teodor Currentzis

 The musicAeterna orchestra and choir’s tour is over: 19 days, 7 cities, 12 concerts. It also included residencies in Moscow and Lucerne, with masterclasses, film screenings, and discussions in addition to concerts.

Read what critics wrote about the tour:

St. Petersburg, 28.09.

— The famous Adagietto washed all the senses at once with its life-giving waves, calming and clearing the mind. Currentzis seemed to be in his element, where Pushkin’s peace and freedom reigned — Санкт-Петербургские ведомости

Moscow, 30.09–3.10. (residency)

— The ear gets hooked on the crystalline instrumental dialogues, then follows the solos of the French horn, bassoon, and clarinet, more and more, until caught in the net of the orchestral contexture, it sinks contentedly — Коммерсантъ

Amsterdam, 5.10.

— The performance is so good: inspired, perfectly smooth, engaging and colourful, you inevitably fall for it — NRC

Lucerne, 6–8.10.

— The first MusicAeterna residency has made it clear that combining a tour and a festival is a promising model. The intense discussion on content, which emerged thanks to the overlap between concerts, films, and workshops, is not the only reason. It is also because of the increasing emphasis on ecological aspects in the planning of orchestra tours. The dates for the future residencies, including those in Lucerne, have not yet been announced, but they are in the planning stages — Luzerner Zeitung

Vienna, 10–11.10

— Standing ovation is a logical consequence. This evening, among other things, proves: be that (as it was recently in Salzburg) Mozart, Mahler or contemporary composers, Currentzis is extremely versatile stylistically. On the one hand, you will have to say goodbye to a favourite habit of listening. This sometimes refers to the paces in Mahler. On the other hand, you get what you often don't hear and what musical interpretations exist for: new perspectives — Klassik.com

Berlin, 13.10.

— There is something archaic in the sound of Currentzis’ orchestra, something that Gustav Mahler treasured in Bohemian musicians: an unbreakable blend of musicality and emotional frankness. How captivating is the funeral march in the first movement when performed by this unfailing collective, how tenderly images of the past appear in the mist, and how inexorably each brave splash collapses — Tagesspiegel

Photo from Dortmund by Bjoern Woll

Now, musicAeterna returns to St. Petersburg. In two weeks, it will present a new programme: Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem and Yannis Kyriakides’ Ein Schemen.

More details and tickets > http://www.teodor-currentzis.com/index.php/concerts/

In the meantime, enjoy this recording of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 and Alexey Retinsky’s Anaphora in Lucerne > https://www.medici.tv/.../teodor-currentzis-conducts.../

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