Aspects of love from the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

Von Mark Pullinger, 30 September 2020

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wigmore Hall, London, am 30 September 2020

Schubert, Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F major, D.487

Glinka, Doubt (Somnenie)

Borodin, The beautiful girl does not love me

Whitley, This is My Love Poem for You

Walker, Lyric for Strings

Barber, Dover Beach, Op.3

Korngold, Piano Quintet in E major, Op.15

Rodgers, South Pacific: Some enchanted evening

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

Matthew Rose, Bass

Elena Urioste, Violine

Savitri Grier, Violine

Rosalind Ventris, Viola

Laura van der Heijden, Cello

Tom Poster, Klavier

Travels with a cello: Laura van der Heijden touches down in Sheffield

Steve Draper, 6th December

It's all the Bs for Laura van der Heijden and Tom Poster for Music in the Round.

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Tom Poster stars in a Hallé concert of Nordic magic

Peter Connors, 13th December

Grieg's Piano Concerto played by Tom Poster and the Hallé under Stpehen Bell was the highlight of a popular programme of Nordic favourites by Grieg and Sibelius

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Loges Werk und Wotans Beitrag: Rheingold an der Bayerischen Staatsoper

Alexandra Richter, 31st July

Tobias Kratzers Rheingold bildet den krönenden Abschluss der Münchener Opernfestspiele – eine Inszenierung, die jetzt schon als Meilenstein gelten kann.

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Und es waren die göttlichsten Götter: Das Rheingold in München

Phillip Richter, 3rd November

Tobias Kratzers Auftakt zum neuen Ring-Zyklus übertrifft alle Erwartungen und wurde so zu einem musiktheatralischem Erfolg.

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Schmerzerfüllt: Berliner Philharmoniker mit Dvořáks Stabat Mater

Svenja Koch, 12th October

Dirigent Jakub Hrůša ist die Begeisterung für die Komposition seines Landsmannes anzumerken – und dieser Enthusiasmus überträgt sich auf Chor und Orchester.

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A rite of spring turned inward: Strauss’ Daphne at Seattle Opera

Thomas May, 16th January

Presented without staging, Seattle Opera’s concert Daphne places Strauss’ extreme vocal demands and saturated orchestral writing in sharp relief, offering a high-risk encounter with a rarely heard late opera.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Aspects of love in an enchanting evening from the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective