A welcome set of farewells: Elisabeth Brauß at Wigmore Hall

Elisabeth Brauß

Von Roy Westbrook, 03 Dezember 2024

Laden, bitte warten...

“hearing Elisabeth Brauß play it here, I now know the composer told us the plain truth”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wigmore Hall, London, am 2 Dezember 2024

Bach, Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo (Capriccio über die Abreise des sehr beliebten Bruders), BWV992

Beethoven, Klaviersonate Nr. 26 in Es-Dur "Les Adieux", Op.81a

Schumann, Geistervariationen in Es-Dur, WoO24

Prokofjew, Klaviersonate Nr. 7 in B-Dur, Op.83

Schumann, Waldszenen: Abschied, Op.82 no.9

Elisabeth Brauß, Klavier

Watery worlds, rhythmic fire from Brauß and Hickox with the BBC

Leighton Jones, 7th February

Elisabeth Brauß excels in Ravel with the BBC Philharmonic and brings and unexpected encore.

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Le sombre récital d'Elisabeth Brauß à Piano aux Jacobins

Thibault d'Hauthuille, 16th September

De Bach à Prokofiev en passant par Mendelssohn, Liszt et Brahms, la jeune pianiste allemande a relevé le défi d'un programme dense, sans toutefois convaincre dans toutes les pièces.

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Elisabeth Brauß brings sensitive insights at Wigmore Hall

Linda Holt, 12th October

As part of Wigmore Hall's autumn series, German pianist Elisabeth Brauß performed works of three centuries with maturity, elegance, and finesse.

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Successful resurrection of Farrenc's Third Symphony by Insula Orchestra

Dominic Lowe, 8th March

There's a strong chance that the majority of the audience had never seen Louise Farrenc's Third Symphony before; conductor Laurence Equilbey made a strong case for repeat performances.

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Starke Charaktere im konzertanten Siegfried unter Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Christoph Wurzel, 26th April

Klar herausgearbeitete Kontraste und ein überwältigend starker dramatischer Puls prägten diese konzertante Aufführung von Wagners Oper im Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.

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Vox Luminis und B’Rock mit Vater und Sohn Bach

Jens Klier, 26th April

Typische Feierlichkeit und Demut im Paradox-Amalgam lichter Dichte bestimmen diese erneute belgische Ensemblekooperation.

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Weitere Kritiken...

Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.