Mar 11, 2022 | Ramblings, Videos
This post is prompted by a friend who recently met Mr Achúcarro. And Achúcarro was the first pianist I heard live, circa mid-1970s, at Fairfield Halls in Croydon (SE London) when he played Rachmaninov’s Third Concerto with the LPO & Walter Weller. (Rest of...
Mar 11, 2022 | News, Videos
Watch the new music video for John Williams & Anne-Sophie Mutter – Williams: II. Rounds (Violin Concerto No. 2) which goes live at 5PM (UK) on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wae4itCBxWg Following the huge success of John Williams...
Mar 10, 2022 | Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Videos
Thursday, March 10, 2022 Palacio Euskalduna, Abandoibarra Etorbidea, Bilbao In the first of two performances, following what I assume was a standing minute’s silence for the plight of Ukraine and its suffering population, and ‘Kaddisch’ from...
Mar 10, 2022 | Recording Reviews, Videos
The Second Symphony is arranged by Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838), pupil of and secretary to Beethoven, and a prolific composer in his own right. Opus 36 transcribes well, whether the propulsive outer movements or the highlight that is the lyrical serenade-like slow one....