Jan 8, 2021 | Concert Reviews, Videos
Friday, January 8, 2021 Wigmore Hall, London For a delightful sixty-five minutes – balm to the ears and stimulation to the senses – this debut recital by Wigmore Soloists brought Schubert’s six-movement Octet (D803) to the World. Playing to an audience-free Wigmore...
Jan 1, 2021 | Concert Reviews, Ramblings
From 10.15 this morning (UK time) I listened (on BBC Radio 3) and watched (BBC Two, sound muted) – not synchronised if only a few seconds apart, DAB arriving first – this latest of the Vienna Philharmonic’s NYD Concerts, which proved to be a tonic, many smiles and a...
Jan 1, 2021 | Concert Reviews, Ramblings, Recording Reviews
I am not one for musical league tables or for pigeonholing musicians, so what follows, while far from arbitrary, is in no order whatsoever; it’s simply as I recalled a particular release that I regard as special I included it below, so something has no doubt...
Dec 31, 2020 | Concert Reviews, Guest Contributors, Videos
Thursday, December 31, 2020 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin Guest Reviewer, Ateş Orga Last year Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker went for an American-themed New Year’s Eve concert with a Broadway emphasis taking in the...
Dec 20, 2020 | Concert Reviews, Guest Contributors, Videos
Saturday, December 19, 2020 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin Guest Reviewer, Ateş Orga Signing off the Berlin Philharmonic’s Beethoven 250 anniversary week – including four “Beethoven in close-up” programmes featuring the String Quartets...
Dec 11, 2020 | Concert Reviews, News, Videos
The Hallé has just released its second Digital Winter Season offering, recorded recently in Hallé St Peter’s, Manchester. It’s an intimate affair – the brass and percussion of Britten’s Russian Funeral contrasted by the strings and bell required for Arvo Pärt’s Cantus...