Showing posts with label alicante. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alicante. Show all posts
Sunday, October 4, 2026

Spanish National Orchestra under Pablo González plays Espla and Mahler in ADDA Alicante

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  In Alicante last night, the Spanish National Orchestra made its debut in the ADDA auditorium. They chose to play a piece by an Alicante co...
Sunday, September 27, 2026

New season of ADDA concerts opens with The Ring Without Words

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  The new season of ADDA concerts, titled Naturaleza, vida y amor , began last night with an unusual program. Single work programs are often...
Saturday, June 13, 2026

When superlatives are not enough – Josep Vicent and Anna Federova with ADDA Simfónica in Rachmaninov and Mahler

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  Last night the 2025-2026 season of ADDA concerts was brought to close. On paper, for a seasoned concert goer, there was nothing particular...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eduard Topchjan with Sergey Khachatryan as soloist

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The program for the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eduard Topchjan listed three works. These were, in printed order, ...
Saturday, May 16, 2026

Yui Higashijima in Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Elche Orchestra under Achim Holub in ADDA, Alicante

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  Yui Higashijima won the third Alicante Piano Competition “Gonzalo Soriano” in 2025. As part of her prize, she was invited to play a concer...

BBC National Orchestra of Wales plays Grace Williams, Saint-Saens and Elgar under Jaime Martín with Akiko Suwanai

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  Last night ’ s concert in ADDA, Alicante was given by BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Jaime Martín with Akiko Suwanai as soloist. On...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Josep Vicent and the ADDA Orchestra programme one of the twentieth century’s major works and a concerto by Campogrande featuring Meta4

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  The challenge of reviewing a performance of a work that one is deeply fond of is to remain objective. Well, I have already failed to be so...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

Escandinavia – ADDA hosts Joan Enric Lluna and Joana Carneiro in Grundman, Bach and Schumann

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  The concert was subtitled “Escandinavia”, a label that some of the audience found a little confusing. But a program note clarified that th...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

Martha Argerich, Charles Dutoit and the Orchestra Della Svizzera Italiana present a star-studded concert in ADDA, Alicante

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  Star billing often does not live up to audience expectations. Such events tend to attract attendees who are more interested in seeing a st...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

Gregorio Nieto plays Saint-Saens Cello Concerto alongside Tchaikovsky in an ADDA concert that approaches perfection

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I normally start my concert reviews by focusing on the programme, then the performance and then the personalities. This time I want to rever...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti – an authentic experience

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  When writing a concert review when the pieces performed are as familiar as Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti, one concentrates ...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

Claudio Constantini and Josep Vicent deliver surprises in music by Gershwin and Beethoven in ADDA, Alicante

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  Sometimes a conventional concert program springs surprises when, as an audience member, you least expect it. This evening’s main surprise ...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

Rune Bergmann conducts the ADDA orchestra in Alicante in Mozart and Sibelius and a moment to reflect

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Last night ’ s concert in ADDA with our resident orchestra under Rune Bergmann, our invited director, was memorable for perhaps regrettable ...
Friday, January 16, 2026

ADDA Cameristica play two pieces for winds and then a Mahler version of a Beethoven String Quartet in a concert of pure musical joy

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These days, one always expects a lot from any performance by members of the ADDA Orchestra and one is never disappointed. This subgroup, cal...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Ruben Jais and Roberta Mameli surprise with Haydn and Mozart at ADDA Alicante - a concert to remember

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  The anonymous role that expectation plays in our lives is vastly important. Expectation satisfied can often result in a feeling of self-co...
Saturday, December 6, 2025

Leticia Moreno plays Fazil Say's 1001 Nights in the Harem with ADDA orchestra under Josep Vicent in Alicante

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Last night ’ s concert in ADDA featured a program of unusual style. The main work on offer was a half hour violin concerto, and there is not...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Torino - Andrés Orozco Estrada conducts RAI Torino in Rossini, Mozart and Berlioz with Michael Barenboim as soloist

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There were some famous musical names associated with Orchestra Sinphonica della RAI, Torino in last night ’ s programme. Previous conductors...