Sep 5, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Enescu Festival 2023, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Videos
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 The Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest This early-evening concert opened with ‘Prélude à l’unisson’ from Enescu’s Orchestral Suite No.1, sonorous and soulful music, played with intensity by the Leipzig strings, joined a few...
Sep 5, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Enescu Festival 2023, Videos
Monday, September 4, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania It was good to hear the Dvořák again,...
Sep 2, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Enescu Festival 2023, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Videos
Saturday, September 2, 2023 Radio Hall, Bucharest, Romania This early-afternoon concert (if not the first of the day during this jam-packed four-week Festival – that was given by the Fine Arts Quartet and friends playing chamber music by George Enescu in...
Sep 1, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Enescu Festival 2023, Videos
Friday, September 1, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania Today Bucharest’s Enescu Festival was invaded by the French, friendly and cultural of course. Prior to this Toulouse concert the Ensemble Intercontemporain was scheduled to give a...
Aug 31, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Enescu Festival 2023, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Videos
Cynthia Millar playing the ondes Martenot Thursday, August 31, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania Make no mistake, THIS was Sir Simon’s final concert with the LSO as its music director. Voix de la nature opens sadly, lower strings...
Aug 31, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Enescu Festival 2023, Videos
Thursday, August 31, 2023 The Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest This early-evening concert opened with a quick-fire account of Beethoven’s First Symphony, eager and robust if a little too slick, keenly detailed and with drilled rhythms, played with panache, yet...