A Requiem with two ... Walter Heinrich 
     Friday, April 15, 20:00 . Auditorio de Oviedo,  Special Easter Concert :     OSPA,   Choir of the Prince of Asturias Foundation    (choirmaster:     José Esteban García Miranda    ) ,     María Espada (soprano), Klaus Hager     (baritone) , Maximiliano Valdés     (director).   A German Requiem, Op 45   (    Brahms). 
 When approaching Easter concerts abound  and programming   "preparatory"  the personal journey of each, either from the religious, leisure, enjoyment emotional or who knows what ... What a great idea of \u200b\u200bour   OSPA program each year   this special concert outside the subscription, but giving us the "partners" the same location as the rest of the season. The news in the local press was the  "return Valdés" , even adding  "with orchestra and choir , which was true but nothing" newsworthy "because the work planned and written, and the return of director  Chile now    Puerto Rico was not tourism but professional  . In interviews 
 press continues to refer to our training and everything can still   himself (and not direct message to the manager    but for the Governing Council itself in times of hacks  by the crisis that neither our fault  )   commenting that "is what is best in the Principality"  , I guess it relates to cultural and exportable, as in the orchestral field, despite having several formations   obviously the OSPA     is  ALL  in   payroll taxes paid for with all the Asturian, unlike other ... Finally I blush to read his statement     "         The OSPA plays very well, is a pleasure to         "     as if  his  first time. I really do not devote more space, but if you ensure that the orchestra is much better from his voluntary departure  across the Atlantic . 
   in Gijón  Thursday and Friday in Oviedo   the   wonderful, exciting and challenging score  brahmsiana  , Excellently discussed in the notes     of  Irusta  Rafael Banus and the lyrics and its translation into English, back in the voices of our  CHORUS  "Asturias   ambassador" and reference after recent lisboetas   concerts plus   Mexican tour, hard, exhausting and demanding by   works sung there, but I think personally helped them achieve excellence   concert. Were the true stars of     Requiem, a work that has long dominated  faced  from the quality of all the strings, especially, and the weight this time, the sopranos but sounding all   EVER: refined, pasted, balanced, powerful and secure without any cry, sweet, technically perfect, with pp   he had forgotten them, "taste", lingering, enjoying each number  , projecting the voices never covered by the orchestra (otherwise not very controlled dynamics), colorful romantic passages in with the wind really made, and a capella   reminding best of a group that has faced the brunt of   symphonic and choral repertoire in the forefront and voices of the earth (the quarry   also note). Congratulations to everyone for the excellent work done    Pepu   , finally collecting and recreating what has been sown in a score for chorus   really   sublime, while Brahms       always a fetish author for them. 
  The second protagonist of the German Requiem     was Extremadura       María Espada (Mérida, 1969): aria only its fifth issue (  Habte Ihr nun Traurigkeit  ) is enough to elevate it as the voice of reference in these programs   finally " desencasillada " of   repertoire that has made working   continuity (  Form Antiqva   known firsthand  ), and a tasteful  , excellent technical issue, plus a color   personal voice and overwhelming for this     Brahms, finally made  Requiem    be "about two" (not to repeat my  banner " a couple "). 
 Well renowned German baritone Klaus Hager      (1965) , which replaced the originally   scheduled     Michael Nagy, soloistic   perfect complement to the mezzo  , helped in the not too serious orchestral dynamics, although the chorus, great again, and a repertoire   for  baritone voice dominates    believe that even better than the opera    making it succeed is  since   years. Their interventions were convincing and not a mere formality, with moments of tension contained (  Herr, Lehre doch mich  ) who came to move. In our orchestra 
  , today was the best wind, wood   soloists really involved, and a metal that at times sounded organistic. A rope can be seen today "academically" (do not know the reason for the director to change his approach), he lacked power and above all "stuck" in the bass, and with some reluctance for a work that does not break it and not where they were merely following the score. Of course, from the podium only marked them dynamic Agogo and little more ... 
 I said, this time highlighted  and MARY CHOIR , "A Requiem with two." PD 
   
 
  
  
  
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