Staatskapelle Dresden and Daniel Harding in Beethoven at Lincoln Center - REVISED

Daniel Harding. Photo: Stina Gullander.


Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Daniel Harding, Conductor
Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall
Monday, November 1, 2010

All-Beethoven Program

Piano Concerto No. 4, Rudolf Buchbinder, Piano

Ah Perfido,
 Deborah Voigt, Soprano
Symphony No. 7

The 2009-2010 Carnegie Hall season offered a magnificent survey of the world's great orchestras: Berlin, Vienna, Amsterdam, Leipzig, Cleveland,Boston, Chicago. Only Dresden was lacking, and now they make their appearance, fortunately before that annus mirabilis

 has faded too far into the past. I try to avoid discussions about which orchestra is the greatest of them, because that leads nowhere, and few music-lovers are at their best when they are venting passions of that sort. Whatever one might say about the others, the Dresdener Staatskapelle has a special circle of enthusiasts, who follow them around the world, deeply gratified by what they hear. After basking in sixteen hours of their playing in the Semperoper Ring Cycle last spring — especially under the brilliant direction of Jonas Alber — I can count myself among them, however divided a music critic's loyalties may have to be, and however limited his travel budget.
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Michael Miller