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London Symphony and Antonio Pappano at Carnegie Hall

Kentaro Ogasawara March 12, 2025

Refined dynamics, skillful ensemble, and outstanding principal players. Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall on March 5th. After a long stint as director of London's Royal Opera, Pappano became the director of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2024, and visited Carnegie Hall at the end of his first US tour. A New York Times article quoted Pappano as saying, "I realized that in opera and musicals, timing is everything. Jokes have to land, accented syllables have to be precise, and the success of a show depends on the relationship between conductor and director." The dynamics and ensemble were refined, proving his point. Born in England to Italian immigrants, Pappano moved to Connecticut at the age of 13. He worked as a vocal trainer with his father, a vocal teacher, and learned piano from a neighbor. As a result, he never attended school. He gained experience as a rehearsal pianist in Manhattan, served as Daniel Barenboim's assistant, conducted at the coronation of Charles III, and was knighted in both England and Italy. Now, at age 65, he is music director of the London Symphony Orchestra. Unlike the American or German-influenced timbre and ensemble, he possesses a distinctive London character that rivals orchestras around the world. Two years ago, I attended the Metropolitan Opera to hear Meistersinger and the Juilliard School to hear Rachmaninoff in New York. Still, the London Symphony Orchestra's performance left a particularly special impression. First of all, the timbre is entirely different from that of German or American orchestras. The skill of each principal is also completely different. Yet the overall balance is unified, the articulation and dynamics are clear, and the solos are distinctive. Both the performance and the piece were rich, and I discovered new sensations; it was a fulfilling experience without overshadowing my own memories. Such a magnificent performance, just one year after taking over, is extremely rare in my experience.

The first piece, Walker's Sinfonia No. 5, was the composer's final work, posthumously premiered in 2019. He apparently studied with Nadia Boullancher, but I heard some Messiaen-like chords along the way. The second piece, Bernstein's Serenade, featured five episodes, each featuring solo violin and orchestra, starting with Plato's Symposium, followed by Passanius, Aristophanes, Eryxmatus, Agathon, and Socrates. Each episode featured a mini-session among principal players, allowing me to appreciate their individual personalities fully. The cello and viola performances were particularly outstanding, and the concertmaster and principal second violins displayed a beauty and skill that surpassed that of any principal violin in any orchestra in the world. Mahler's Symphony No. 1 fully displayed their exceptional musicality and talent, exemplified by Pappano's outstanding sense of balance, making it one of the most interesting Mahler performances I've heard recently. The double bass solo at the beginning of the third movement was more off-key than any solo I'd ever heard before, and it was so fascinating that it almost brought my impression of Mahler back to zero. Immediately after Mahler, I felt like I wanted to experience Beethoven with this superbly tuned London Symphony. It would offer a level of enjoyment that American and German orchestras could never hope to achieve, even Rattle couldn't.

洗練されたダイナミクス、巧みなアンサンブル、卓越した首席奏者たち。アントニオ・パッパーノとロンドン交響楽団が3月5日にカーネギーで演奏会を行った。ロンドンのロイヤルオペラの監督を長く務めた後、パッパーノは2024年にロンドン交響楽団の監督となり、初のUSツアーの最後にカーネギーを訪れた。ニューヨーク・タイムスの記事には、彼がニューヨーク・シティオペラで働いていた当時のエピソードから「オペラやミュージカルではタイミングがすべてであることを悟った。ジョークはうまく伝わる必要があり、アクセントのある音節は正確でなければならず、ショーの成否は指揮者と監督の関係にかかっていた。」とあったが、ダイナミクスとアンサンブルが洗練されていて彼の言っていることは本当だった。イタリア移民でイギリスに生まれ、13歳でコネチカットに移住。声楽教師の父親と一緒にボーカルトレーナーとして働き近所の人からピアノを教わったそうだ。ということで彼は学校に行っていない。マンハッタンでリハーサルピアニストとして経験を積み、ダニエル・バレンボイムのアシスタントを務め、チャールズ3世の戴冠式で指揮をとり、イギリスとイタリアでナイトの称号を授与され、65歳となった今、ロンドン交響楽団の音楽監督となり、聴いた印象ではアメリカとドイツ系の音色やアンサンブルではない、ロンドン独特の個性を持った世界のオーケストラと肩を並べる面白さだった。ニューヨークでは一昨年にメトロポリタン歌劇場でマイスタージンガーとジュリアード音楽院でラフマニノフを聴いたが、ロンドン交響楽団の演奏の印象は特別だった。まず、音色がドイツやアメリカのオーケストラと全く違う。各首席のうまさも全く違う。なのに全体のバランスは統一感があり、アーティキュレーションもダイナミクスも鮮明で、ソロも個性が際立つ。プレイとしても作品としても味わい深く新たな感覚を知ることが出来、自分の記憶を上塗りすることなく充実した時間だった。就任1年でこの見事な演奏は、指揮者とオーケストラの関係では私の経験ではとても珍しい。一曲目のウォルカーのシンフォニア5番は作曲家の最後の作品で死後に2019年に初演されている。ナディア・ブーランシェに師事したそうだが途中でメシアンのようなコードが聴こえてきた。2曲目のバーンスタインのセレナーデではプラトンの饗宴から、パッサニウス、アリストパネス、エリクシュマトス、アガトン、ソクラテスと5つのエピソードでソロバイオリンとオーケストラが競演するが、それぞれのエピソードでは、ソロバイオリンと首席奏者たちのミニセッションがあり、彼らの個性をよく知ることができた。特にチェロとビオラの演奏が素晴らしかったし、コンサートマスターとセカンドバイオリンの首席の音色が世界のオーケストラの首席を凌ぐ美しさと演奏のうまさがあった。マーラーの交響曲1番ではそういった彼らの卓越した音楽性と実力がパッパーノの並外れたバランス感覚で遺憾なく発揮され、最近聴いたマーラー演奏の中でも特に面白かった。3楽章の出だしのコントラバスのソロが、いままで聴いたどんなソロよりも調子が外れていて、私のマーラーの印象がゼロに戻った気がするくらい面白かった。マーラー直後に感じたのは、この最高にチューンナップされたロンドンシンフォニーでベートーベンを味わってみたいと感じた。アメリカとドイツ系のオケには逆立ちしても出来ない面白さを見せてくれそう。ラトルにも無理な。

3.5.2025

Performers

London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Antonio Pappano, Chief Conductor

Janine Jansen, Violin

Program

G. WALKER Sinfonia No. 5, "Visions"

BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)

G. MAHLER Symphony No. 1


My Life in Music byAntonio Pappano


セカンドバイオリンは特にうまい。こんなうまいセカンドセクション他にあるのか。

パッパーノとUSツアーの最後にカーネギーを訪れたロンドンのプリンシパルたち

マーラー1番直後。このチェロの女性の方がエルガーの協奏曲をやるのが見たかった。そのくらいうまかった。


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