“Conductor Alan Gilbert proved to be one of the greatest assets of this performance. Well-known for his advocacy for contemporary works, Gilbert led Teatro alla Scala Chorus and […]
“The new chief conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra presented on Friday his first season, in which he will conduct no less than 35 concerts in Hamburg. He […]
“For two great, intoxicating hours, the Great Hall of the Elbphilharmonie was transformed into an avant-garde arena with surround sound and all-round entertainment. A Dada-Verona, so self-evident and […]
“Responsible for this is also conductor Gilbert, who will officially start his new job in Hamburg as successor to Thomas Hengelbrock at the beginning of the upcoming season. […]
“The orchestra played no small role… the Cleveland Orchestra with Gilbert displayed nothing but brilliance from front to back, reveling in the music’s enormous palette of moods, textures, and colors… […]
“The New Yorker will be the new NDR Chief Conductor in 2019. Now he gives his first concerts with his orchestra in the Elbphilharmonie.”
“Right in the middle and central: Gilbert, as a mediator between notes and orchestra. His Mahler picture is not an exalted reflection of one’s own sensitivities, but a […]
“With a keen eye he observes the mixture of styles, the quotes and sounding set pieces of all possible worlds of life, from which the composer has assembled […]
“Alan Gilbert shows himself as ‘American in Paris’, shining with pithy, springy rhythms, especially in ‘Iberia’, the ‘Fragments.'”
“Gilbert led a thoughtful if not particularly seductive account of Debussy’s overtly sensual ballet “Jeux.” Far more persuasive was Sibelius’s darkly brooding tone poem “En Saga,” given a […]
