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May 2013 – Steeplechase – Irish Examiner
The Irish Chamber Orchestra
The National Chamber Choir
Nicholas Kraemer Conductor
Peter Barley, Organ
“…the music was pleasing, exciting and individual…….marvellously performed”.
Declan Townsend,
The Examiner
April 2013 – Virtuosity Ad Absurdum – Irish Times
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Jörg Widmann Principal Guest Conductor/Clarinet
Sergeij Nakariakov Trumpet
“In nearly 50 years of concert-going I have never encountered trumpet playing like this. Written for Nakariakov’s extraordinary abilities, which include circular breathing, Ad absurdum often made me think my ears were deceiving me, as a continuous, rapid staccato ostinato on one note never ceased, even as we heard many other things happening that would be striking enough on their own. And the aural power was complemented by the visual effect of watching the orchestra struggle with its own manic virtuosity, as Widmann played the prancing conductor-composer so effectively, and as the human vehicle for transcendent virtuosity stood like a statue. This music-making’s transgressions of space and time were Mephistophelian.”
Martin Adams
The Irish Times
February 2013 – Welcome Gabor – Sunday Business Post
“Both symphonies were exquisitely performed – with the orchestra’s never-failing zest and panache always shining through…The ICO revelled in Bizet’s exuberance and vitality and this proved a real knock-out for the audience. Luckily the audience survived the KO and delivered its own verdict with a standing ovation”
Dick O’ Riordan, Sunday Business Post
February 2013 – Welcome Gábor – Irish Times
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy Principal Artistic Partner/Conductor
“The Irish Chamber Orchestra, under Gábor Takács-Nagy, its new musically dynamic “principal artistic partner/conductor”, performed the Bizet a la Shchedrin at the RDS on Saturday. The players conveyed the music’s every nuance with colourful allure, snapped its rhythms with bracing energy, and turned the whole work into a real tour de force……. The orchestra’s music-making was a pure delight in the two 18th-century symphonies they performed before the interval, one light (Mozart’s No 15), one furrowed and earnest (Haydn’s No 44, nicknamed the Mourning), and both played with an intensity of moment-by-moment focus that was totally gripping”
Michael Dervan
The Irish Times
January 2013 – Celebration / EU Presidency (Berlin) – Irish Times
Irish Chamber Orchestra (in association with Culture Ireland)
Jörg Widmann Principal Guest Conductor/Clarinet
Ailish Tynan Soprano
“The programme was an ICO special….delivered with thrilling thrust…..there was always a special magic.”
Michael Dervan
The Irish Times
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February 2013 – Welcome Gabor – Sunday Business Post
“Both symphonies were exquisitely performed – with the orchestra’s never-failing zest and panache always shining through…The ICO revelled in Bizet’s exuberance and vitality and this proved a real knock-out for the audience. Luckily the audience survived the KO and delivered its own verdict with a standing ovation”
Dick O’ Riordan, Sunday Business Post
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