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Category Archives: Concert
Zinging strings: Janine Jansen leads an all-Stradivarius octet at Cadogan Hall
Janine Jansen and friends Cadogan Hall, 19th December 2022 When the biographies for the instruments take up as much space in the programme as the biographies for the performers, something different is about to occur. A multi-million pound Stradivarius ensemble … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Sitkovetsky, Chausson, Janine Jansen, Kian Soltani, Mendelssohn, Quatuor Ébène, Timothy Ridout
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Perceptions and perspectives: Alice Sara Ott’s Echoes of Life
Alice Sara Ott Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7th November 2021 The concept of the “album as playlist” has become increasingly popular with pianists. Víkingur Ólafsson’s DG disc juxtaposing music by Debussy and Rameau, for example, was an inspired way of highlighting … Continue reading
Sun-kissed idylls and sinewy Shostakovich in Singapore
Kahchun Wong/Singapore Symphony Orchestra Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore, 26th September 2020 What goes through the mind of an orchestral musician when they only have a few notes to play? Are they compiling a mental shopping list for the homeward supermarket … Continue reading
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Tagged Debussy, Kahchun Wong, Shostakovich, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Wagner
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Breaking the silence: an Orchestre Métropolitain thanksgiving after the Corona-storm
Yannick Nézet-Séguin/Orchestre Métropolitain Bourgie Hall, Montréal, 18th September 2020 For obvious reasons, very few orchestras have (yet) to complete a Beethoven symphony cycle in this 250th anniversary year. And so it’s natural, in the words of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, to “break … Continue reading
A thrilling Waldstein caps Igor Levit’s return to Wigmore Hall
Igor Levit Wigmore Hall, 16th September 2020 Considering this was my first time seeing Igor Levit play “in the flesh”, his Wigmore Hall recital was just like meeting an old friend. The Russian-born German pianist has been on my screens … Continue reading