Tag: Beethoven
London 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 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 MoreThe Emersons play the Grosse Fuge
Emerson Quartet, St John’s Smith Square, London, 1.11.17 ‘Incomprehensible’ was one leading critic’s verdict when Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge was premiered in 1825. ‘This work will be c... Read MoreEvgeny Kissin, a child of history
Emerging from a rare sabbatical, Evgeny Kissin – the world’s most acclaimed classical pianist – has just published his autobiography. He has also just married a childhood friend, and he’s ... Read MoreIs ‘late style’ a meaningful critical concept?
Out, brief candle! As life nears its end, thoughts can acquire urgent clarity. This truth may not be particularly perceptible in literature, because novelists find endless ways of disguising it. But i... Read MoreIPM recital round-up No 39: the poetry of Llyr Williams, the heroism of Nick van Bloss, plus Igor Levit, Angela Hewitt, Jeremy Denk, and Geoffrey Saba
The Wigmore Hall is running two Beethoven sonata cycles in tandem, at different speeds: while Igor Levit gets stuck into his cycle, Llyr Williams continues his in a more leisurely arc. And since in Oc... Read MoreNick van Bloss – and how he harnessed his Tourette’s syndrome
In 2011 I published the profile below of the pianist Nick van Bloss in ‘The Independent on Sunday’, at a time when he was taking tentative steps towards a renewed concert and recording ca... Read More- 2 of 2
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