Berg : Violin Concerto - Afkham / Pogostkina

David Afkham conducts Alina Pogostkina and Gothenburg Symphony in Alban Berg's Violin Concerto. Recorded in Gothenburg Concert Hall 12 September 2013.

[staffanolofsson]

An angel with wondrous music entered my room.

[joyousmonkey]

Breath-taking performance. I've always found Berg to be the most interesting of the second Viennese School, certainly the most emotive. This particular piece has a wide scope and always seems to hit the right spot when my mind is in turmoil.

[joshlim]

Tune your violin.
Take a bow.
Tune your violin again.

[Trowa]

My mind is blown with Berg's audacity to use all 4 open strings to start off a concerto. It showcases the violin in such a raw form before getting into the intricate stuff. Starts in a place of comfort before moving to the surreal. My gosh.

[Co-ggrr]

Tune your violin.
Take a bow.
Tune again.

[staffanolofsson]

As this music is played in Gothenburg, Sweden, and I am a swede, I think I have the right to celebrate Alina, both for her chamber music playing and her soloist playing. This Alban Berg´s Violin Consert I have known for a long time, but never heard it played so well as here. Thank you, both solist and orchestra!

[simonrodriguez]

Mind blowing!

She gets out all of the lyricism of the atonality, with such sentiment.

At times sweet, and then harrowing despair...

One of the greatest performances of this masterpiece.

[billy]

Haven't heard this in so long. What an absolutely gorgeous, stunning piece.

 Alina's understated performance belies the anguish and poignancy of this beautiful 12-note piece composed by Berg in the sad memory of the death of the young  Manon Gropius. Tack sa mycket.

[ianstafford]

Such a beautiful piece. There is nothing else like it in the repertoire.

[ΜαριαΣ-δτ]

I was looking for a nice interpretation of this concert and i finally found the one

[reginaldobittencourt]

I read, many years ago, that Berg is the romantic atonalist, and Webern is the classic one. I still agree with this.

[kurd]

Holy Scheiße! Great piece and performance!

[Chazzan]

Great performance. She bears a resemblance to Janine Janson.

[simonwong]

I like the way the conductor knocked out some double bass for a lighter rendition.

[aramkhachaturian]

Someone should make a baroque tuning version of this piece

[BetonBrutContemporary]

great performance, but that audience etiquette..

[violinoamore]

She plays nice, but in a standard way as anything else. But this not just some standard romantic piece, but rather mysterious music of another kind ... she still needs to understand it ...

[davehshs]

Would be interested to know how many listeners here are classical music professionals. I've listened to and loved most classical music all my life, as an amateur, but still cannot stomach Berg and his compatriots. It's harsh and emotionally very unpleasant, but it seems that an intellectual appreciation can often override humans' natural gut reaction to such music.
At any rate, programming this music at symphonic performances is still a proven way to continue shrinking the audience for classical music.

[unclef]

Sounds like shes just tuning the violin.

Because berg doesnt compose, he tunes