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  Catching up (Part 3)

  April 2020 to December 2020 In which the Tourist condenses down 2020, in and out of lockdown, mostly watching stuff on a screen. Don’t worry he also took walks, saw punters when permitted and growled at the state of his disappointing nation, but it is only now he is back…

  November 5, 2021
• Classical Music Concert Culture London Russia

  Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale at the Wigmore Hall review ***

  Isabelle Faust (violin), Wies de Boevé (double bass), Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), Javier Zafra (bassoon), Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet), Jörgen van Rijen (trombone), Raymond Curfs (drums), Dominique Horwitz (narrator) Wigmore Hall, 23rd December 2019 Bartok – Solo Violin Sonata BB124 Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale Curious confection this. Cut off from Russian royalties on the ballets, Stravinsky was…

  February 6, 2020
• Chamber Music Classical Music Concert Culture London

  The Doric String Quartet at Wigmore Hall review ****

  Doric String Quartet Wigmore Hall, 22nd November 2019 Benjamin Britten – String Quartets No 1 in D Op 25, No 2 in C Op 36 and No 3 Op 94 All three Britten string quartets in one evening. Courtesy of the Doric String Quartet. Who have been working hard on…

  January 14, 2020
• Baroque Birds Classical Music Concert Culture Early Music London Piano

  Joanna MacGregor at the Wigmore Hall review ****

  Joanna MacGregor (piano) Wigmore Hall, 11th November 2019 Birds, Grounds, Chaconnes Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) – Le rappel des oiseaux François Couperin (1668-1733) – Les fauvétes plaintives Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) – Le merle noir Jean-Philippe Rameau – La poule Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) – On an Overgrown Path X. The barn owl…

  December 5, 2019
• Baroque Classical Music Concert Concerto Culture Italy London Sonata

  Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque: Vivaldi at the Wigmore Hall review *****

  Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque, Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord), Daniele Caminiti (lute) Wigmore Hall, 1st July 2019 Antonio Vivaldi Sonata a4 al Santo Sepolcro RV130 Concerto in G minor for strings RV157 Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro RV169 Concerto in D for lute and strings RV93 Concerto in D Op 3, No 9…

  August 24, 2019
• Amsterdam Chamber Music Classical Music Concert Culture London

  Mozart and Beethoven chamber music for winds at the Wigmore Hall review ****

  Alexander Melnikov (piano), Alfredo Bernardini (oboe), Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), Javier Zafra (bassoon), Teunis van der Zwart (horn) Wigmore Hall, 31st March 2019 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Adagio in B minor K540 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Quintet in E flat for piano and winds K452 Ludwig van Beethoven – Horn Sonata in F Op.…

  April 14, 2019
• Chamber Music Classical Music Concert Culture London

  Piano trio and percussion at the Wigmore Hall review ***

  Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Inon Barnatan (piano), Colin Currie (percussion), Owen Gunnell (percussion), Sam Walton (percussion) Wigmore Hall, 11th February 2019 Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’ Arnold Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht Op. 4 (arr. Eduard Steuermann for piano trio) Rolf Wallin – Realismos Mágicos Dmitry Shostakovich – Symphony No.…

  February 27, 2019
• Baroque Classical Music Concert Contemporary Classical Culture London Opera

  My top ten concerts and opera of 2018

  Just a list so I don’t forget. 1. A Midsummer Night’s Dream – English National Opera – 4th March Not quite a war-horse of a production but Robert Carsen’s version of Britten’s Shakespearean opera looks, sounds and, well, is just wonderful. 2. Ligeti in Wonderland – South Bank – 11th,…

  January 15, 2019
• Baroque Classical Music Concert Culture Italy London Venice

  Venice Baroque Orchestra and Avi Avital at Wigmore Hall review *****

  Venice Baroque Orchestra, Avi Avital (mandolin) Wigmore Hall, 22nd December 2018 Francesco Geminiani Concerto Grosso in D minor after Corelli’s ‘La Follia’ Op. 5 No. 12 Vivaldi – Concerto in D for lute and strings RV93 Vivaldi – Sinfonia in G RV146 Vivaldi – Concerto in A minor Op. 3…

  January 9, 2019
• Church Classical Music Concert Culture Early Music London Religion Renaissance

  The Cardinal’s Musick at Wigmore Hall review ****

  The Cardinal’s Musick, Andrew Carwood (director) Wigmore Hall, 27th September 2018 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Motet Tu es Petrus, Missa Tu es Petrus, Gregorian Chant, Magnus Sanctus Paulus a 8 Giovanni Bassano – O Rex gloriae Jacob Handl – Sanctus Bartholomeus Thomas Crecquillon – Andreas Christi famulus Tomás Luis…

  October 13, 2018