Tag Archives: Kian Soltani

Zinging strings: Janine Jansen leads an all-Stradivarius octet at Cadogan Hall

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Mark Pullinger

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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Prom 44: Barenboim as Bottom? A dream of an evening with the West-Eastern Divan

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Schoenberg/Beethoven/Tchaikovsky: West-Eastern Divan/Barenboim ***** Royal Albert Hall, 18th August 2015 “Let me play the lion too.” I hadn’t associated Daniel Barenboim with Nick Bottom from A Midsummer Night’s Dream before, but during Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, with the maestro urgently directing … Continue reading →

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