An all-Schumann chamber music concert doesn’t come around that often even at the Wigmore Hall, so I was delighted that the Modigliani Quartet presented a programme of his major chamber works with pianist Beatrice Rana.
To lose a player on the eve of a tour is nothing short of a disaster for a string quartet. However, substitute cellist Christophe Morin fits in well with the rest of the Modigliani Quartet in a revised program in Sydney.
Dans un programme qui allait de Turina au Souvenir de Florence de Tchaïkovski en passant par Debussy, le quatuor a montré un même sens éblouissant du collectif.
De Kurtág à Brahms en passant par Beethoven, le quatuor a montré l'étendue de sa technique, définie par une homogénéité parfaite et une écoute mutuelle attentive.
Sebastian has written about music for the Daily Telegraph, Prospect, Arts Industry and the Bulletin in Brussels. He has been a professor at the Royal College of Music and has recorded a CD of the Mozart clarinet quintet with the Maggini Quartet.
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