From Martin to Mozart.

Musik- und Kongresshalle · Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck

Frank Martin’s Ballade and Mozart’s D-major Flute Concerto share the first half of Takahiro Nagasaki’s programme. Magda Amara joins the orchestra at the piano for Martin; Schönberg’s Pelleas und Melisande follows after the interval. These photographs document the Sunday performance on 24 November.

Review & original photographs ↗HL-live review ↗Official programme · PDF ↗

Der Opernfreund · 26 November 2024

“Wie Vogelgesang schweben seine Solopartien im Raum.”

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Andreas Ströbl’s review follows Karapanos from the concentrated expression of Martin’s Ballade to Mozart’s lighter melodic world. He evokes the flute’s floating, birdsong-like quality and the partnership with Nagasaki and the Lübeck orchestra.

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HL-live · 24 November 2024

“mit unaufdringlicher Freude”

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HL-live praises the clarity and sensitivity of Martin, and the unforced joy of Karapanos’s Mozart phrasing. It also notes his distinctive cadenzas and a rhythmically precise Piazzolla encore, before turning to the orchestra’s large-scale Schönberg performance.

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In pictures.

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Stathis Karapanos taking applause with the Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck at the MuK, 24 November 2024. — © Andreas Ströbl

Takahiro Nagasaki and the Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck taking applause at the MuK, 24 November 2024. — © Andreas Ströbl