Monthly Archives: April 2017

Russian heart: terrific performances from Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian RSO

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov: Bavarian RSO/Jansons ***** Barbican Hall, 11th April 2017 “I have the brain of a Latvian and the heart of a Russian.” Born in Riga, Mariss Jansons has spent much of his life in St Petersburg, initially as … Continue reading →

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Debussy moulded by Melnikov at Wigmore Hall

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Debussy: Alexander Melnikov *** Wigmore Hall, 5th April 2017 Debussy’s Général Lavine, with his bugle calls, cake-walk and badly tuned banjo, wasn’t the only thing at Wigmore Hall deserving the descriptor “eccentric” last night. Alexander Melnikov’s recital, surveying both books … Continue reading →

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Le Bœuf sur le toit: Paris in the Roaring Twenties celebrated at the Institut français

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Paris, Crazy Paris ! *** Institut français, 2nd April 2017 Picture the scene: Jean Wiéner playing Gershwin, accompanied by Jean Cocteau and Darius Milhaud on percussion; among the audience, Pablo Picasso, Sergei Diaghilev, Maurice Chevalier. The 1921 opening night of … Continue reading →

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