Tag: Wigmore Hall
Sokolov, Kissin, Schiff at Verbier; Ming Xie and Babayan at the Wigmore; Rorberts at the Barbican
Verbier can still spring surprises, even at the venerable age of twenty-five. Marking that anniversary with a gala concert this summer, they corralled more musical celebrities on stage than had ever b... Read MoreFrederic Rzewski, Igor Levit, Annette Morreau – and the creation of a new work
Igor Levit, Wigmore Hall It isn’t often critics put their money where their mouth is and commission new works, but that’s what Annette Morreau has generously done – in tandem with the Wigmor... Read MoreIsserlis and Melnikov, the odd couple
Steven Isserlis/Alexander Melnikov, Wigmore Hall, 21.21.18 At first glance, Steven Isserlis and Alexander Melnikov might seem an odd couple – a mop-headed weirdo with a cello, and a priest-like pres... Read MoreDai Fujikura and his little box of tricks
Fujikura Portrait, Wigmore Hall, 17.2.18 A protégé of Pierre Boulez and George Benjamin, the Japanese-born composer Dai Fujikura has long been a favourite with British avant-garde musicians, thanks ... Read MoreSimon Trpceski on a new path
Simon Trpceski and friends, Wigmore Hall, 21.1.18 We are accustomed to thinking of Simon Trpceski as a superlative pianist with a hotline to Beethoven, Brahms and the most rebarbative music of ... Read MoreLondon recitals: Montero, Trifonov, Gavric, Olafsson, Jacobson
Wigmore Hall: Gabriela Montero, Nov 14; Daniil Trifonov, Dec 7u; Ivana Gavric, Dec 28 St John’s Smith Square: Vikingur Olafsson, Nov 15; Julian Jacobson, Nov 26 It’s not keyboard artistry w... Read MoreThe heroism of Angela Hewitt
Angela Hewitt, Wigmore Hall, 26.1.18 There’s something heroic about Angela Hewitt’s Bach. This Canadian pianist has made Bach’s keyboard music the core of her performing life, twice taking it on... Read MoreFerschtman and Rabinovich… Schiff…Perenyi…
Liza Ferschtman/Roman Rabinovich, Wigmore Hall, 30.12.17 Roman Rabinovich – credit Balazs Borocz When a work is described as ‘uncommonly difficult for all concerned’, as Gerald Larner... Read MoreEn passant: Celebrating Charpentier…Daniil Trifonov’s Achilles heel… the wonderful Arts Florissants…
Early Opera Company,Wigmore Hall, 8.12.17 Everyone knows the overture to Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Te Deum, though few have heard of that seventeenth-century French composer. After being pre... Read More- 2 of 3
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