Reine de l’octuor, Malin Broman retrouve son public à Berwaldhallen

By Tristan Labouret, 13 September 2021

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“une version de concert qui fera date”

Reviewed at Berwaldhallen, Stockholm on 10 September 2021

Byström, Ink-wash on paper

Byström, A Room of One's Own

Mendelssohn, String Octet in E flat major, Op.20

Malin Broman, Violin

Julia-Maria Kretz-Larsson, Violin

Malin William-Olsson, Violin

Martin Stensson, Violin

Eriikka Nylund, Viola

Riikka Repo, Viola

Marie Macleod, Cello

Rick Stotijn, Double Bass

Niklas Andersson, Clarinet

Henrik Blixt, Bassoon

Christopher Parkes, French horn

Simon Crawford-Phillips, Piano

Kuusisto and Crawford-Phillips bring New Dimensions to SCO

David Smythe, 14th March

Pekka Kuusisto and Simon Crawford-Phillips lead the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in a musical arc featuring works by Britten, Adès, Andres, Beamish and Haydn.

****1

A double act: Roderick Williams delivers Mahler two ways

Alexander Hall, 19th November

Robert and Clara were not the only two-composer family. So were Alma and Gustav. The Nash Ensemble's latest programme highlights Beethoven and the Romantics.

***11

Quality performances by the Nash Ensemble at Wigmore Hall

Chris Garlick, 3rd October

Two contrasting works from the Nash Ensemble made for a fine evening of the very best quality chamber music at Wigmore Hall, gratefully received in the hall and by many online.

****1

Västerås Sinfonietta unleashes nature and embraces joy at Kings Place

Mark Pullinger, 19th February

An uplifting performance by the Swedish orchestra takes us on a journey from the Isle of Staffa to Bohemian forests via the Carpathian Mountains in the venue's Nature Unwrapped season.

*****

The Hallé and Edward Gardner: Beethoven 8

Rohan Shotton, 1st March

By far the smallest audience yet for the Hallé’s Beethoven Symphonies cycle gathered for this eighth instalment, conducted by Edward Gardner, and the absentees missed an evening of supreme charm and playfulness.Luciano Berio’s Rendering is a ‘restoration’ (not a completion, as the composer was very clear), of sketches for Schubert’s Tenth Symphony.

****1

Jakob Koranyi: Cello Sonatas at the Concertgebouw

Renée Reitsma, 1st February

The Small Hall of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam has had some very exciting chamber music programs this season. Tonight’s concert involved one of the most promising young cellists on the scene, Jakob Koranyi, and pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips. They played a diverse program featuring solo cello pieces by Ligeti and Esa-Pekka Salonen, and cello sonatas by Brahms and Shostakovich.

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.