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Elgar in Germany

Started by alberto, Thursday 25 June 2015, 10:43

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alberto

Maybe someone will be interested to know that Kirill Petrenko (designated as Principal of the BPO starting from 2018) in one of his just three appearances on the podium of the Berliner conducted (10/5/09) Elgar's Second Symphony.
If one looks at K.Petrenko very scarce discography will find three Suk records for CPO and Pfitzner's Palestrina (and,if I am right, nothing else).
Will we expect from the BPO also recordings of not-standard repertoire? I have no idea.

Ilja

There is quite a bit of Petrenko on Youtube, mind you: https://www.youtube.com/results?lclk=long&search_query=kirill+petrenko&filters=long, which indicates a healthy alternation between sung and unsung pieces. The 2nd Elgar can also be seen here.

Alan Howe

We can certainly hope for more Elgar from him in Berlin. Beyond that, who knows? A lot of Russian stuff, I assume. 

alberto

If I am  right on You Tube may be seen Elgar's Second conducted by Vassily Petrenko, not by Kirill P.

Alan Howe

You are right, of course, Alberto. It's Vasily, not Kirill (no relation!), who has conducted and recorded Elgar, so we can't expect any Elgar from Kirill in Berlin.

Alan Howe

Well, I was 100% wrong. Kirill conducted Elgar 2 in Berlin in May 2009:
https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/14
A recording with this combination of conductor and orchestra would be a real event.