Wat de kranten zeggen: met de muziek zit het wel snor, als gebruikelijk op #hf10

Martijn Padding has done something special with Beethoven's 10th. He turned the piece that the deaf composer never really wrote in its entirety into an experience that, as Volkskrant reviewer Frits van der Waa put it, made you feel

how it sounded between Beethoven's ears.

According to the NRC it sounded

Impressive: the atmosphere of creation, stripped of all heroism, as if through two centuries of dense fog, you discern the outline of a great but lonely and deaf composer.

That it sounded a bit woolly described Wed-employee Peter van der Lint also aptly:

Like a quilt, he sewed together Beethoven-like motifs and sounds until a beautiful Beethoven blanket is created. Witty, persuasive and authentic patchwork.

This piece by Padding was a gift to accompany the complete cycle of Beethoven's nine well-completed symphonies, and on that, in fact, all daily newspaper reviewers agree: Bright flashing sounded, according to Trouw, and not only sharp and hard on row six of the parterre, where most of the reviewers sit, but also in the ridge of the Muziekgebouw, where Peter ven der Lint had apparently posted a spy, everything came across clear and strong.

In addition to the enthusiasm of Volkskrant and NRC the only slight discord can be heard at The Parool, where Roeland Hazendonk finds that conductor Van Immerseel of the ensemble Anima Eterna just failed his Beethoven exam:

The first two concerts in his cycle were rather flat in terms of interpretation, despite of good - and sometimes really too fast - fast tempi.

Praise is also in various places for Bach's Cello Suites, performed by Jean-Guihen Queyras. According to Erik Voermans of the Parool at least:

...Every sarabande was a marvel of vocal art, every Gigue hopped like a playing child and the Bourrées in Suite No 4 buzzed and growled seductively. The sight of Quyeras seated stature - he often played with his eyes closed - completed the feast.

On this site there is also a something less enthusiastic opinion to be read by guest reviewer Frank van Berkel, for balance.

As always: tweet your responses with hashtag #hf10, or use the comment option on this site if you want to express an opinion yourself.