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Michael Church – column in International Piano magazine May 2024

Posted on June 24, 2024June 30, 2024 by Michael Church
Michael Church – International Piano live roundup May 2024  Queen Elizabeth Hall: Marc-André Hamelin Feb 23 Wigmore Hall: Andras Schiff  March 3; Steven Osborne March 12; Pavel Kolesnikov and... Read More

Giving the lie to Adams

Posted on May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 by Michael Church
LSO/Simon Rattle, Barbican As a deity whose acolytes believed he had pulled down the palace of traditional tonality, Arnold Schoenberg invited iconoclasm; the only surprise is that the response took ... Read More

The amazing Beatrice Rana

Posted on February 9, 2019February 9, 2019 by Michael Church
Beatrice Rana, Queen Elizabeth Hall Beatrice Rana’s recording of Bach’s Goldbergs marked an arresting entry into the lists: how could a young unknown possess such timeless musical wisdom? Her Sout... Read More

The evergreen Peter Donohoe

Posted on March 22, 2018March 23, 2018 by Michael Church
Peter Donohoe/LPO/Orozco-Estrada, Southbank Centre   The London Philharmonic are now embarked on a year-long musical journey through the twentieth century, using Stravinsky as their focus: works ... Read More

Genesis Suite – mediocre music, great idea

Posted on February 2, 2018February 4, 2018 by Michael Church
Genesis Suite, Barbican, 13.1.18   In 1943, as news of the Holocaust and the mass flight of refugees was coming through, a Jewish New York musician named Nat Shilkret had an idea for a musical re... Read More

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