Standing Ovations and Cheers for Rarely-Heard Organ Works

By Renee Barrick, 01 November 2010

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Reviewed at Cathedral Church of St John the Divine, New York City on 24 October 2010

Demessieux, Complete Organ Works, Part III

Stephen Tharp, Organ

Finding the sublime in Bach’s solo works with the CMS

Kurt Gottschalk, 10th December

Less often heard works for lute and organ sat alongside a violin partita and a cello suite that bordered on perfection.

****1

Dazzling Prokofiev from Alim Beisembayev and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 26th April

In an all-Russian programme in Liverpool, Alim Beisembayev gives a breathtaking performance of Prokofiev's fiendishly difficult Second Piano Concerto.

****1

A Evgeny Kissin tour de force in Boston

Kevin Wells, 25th April

Andrey Boreyko makes an impressive debut with the Boston Symphony, where Evgeny Kissin performs in not one, but two piano concertos.

****1

Wretches like us: the LPO’s concert Wozzeck cuts to the quick

Peter Quantrill, 25th April

Beautifully prepared singing and playing brings out the tender side to Berg's modernist classic as part of the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival.

****1

Patriotic angst with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Thomas Zehetmair

Nick Butters, 24th April

Patriotic Sibelius and early Mendelssohn are served up at the Glasshouse in Gateshead.

***11

Stephen Hough makes a convincing case for Rachmaninov 1 with the RSNO

Simon Thompson, 24th April

On a return visit to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, John Wilson shapes A London Symphony with melancholy sweep.

****1

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Renee Barrick

Renee lives in Philadelphia and was in charge of concert programming for the historical musical instruments collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for many years. She is also an organist and choral conductor, and loves great music of all kinds.