A Biography In Music: Leon McCawley plays Mozart Piano Sonatas 2

Sublime and satirical Russian music served to an appreciative but less than capacity audience at the Anvil. 

As London became a vision in white and all went quiet, the Southbank Centre was abuzz with all manner of arts-related activities. One rail replacement bus and a brisk walk behind me, I had made it to see the Philharmonia Orchestra’s matinee concert of 20th-century English music, framed around John Ireland’s Piano Concerto.

Acclaimed British pianist Leon McCawley opened the Wigmore Hall’s 2013 London Pianoforte Series with a varied programme of piano music by masters of the instrument spanning two centuries, from Bach to Rachmaninov.

A lunchtime recital at the Wigmore Hall is always a pleasure, and a welcome opportunity to pause for an hour or so to enjoy exceptionally high-quality music in a fine setting, and today’s concert, given by pianist Leon McCawley was no exception.

In the cultural oasis of King’s Place, only five minutes from the noisy, bustling King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, British pianist Leon McCawley performed the complete piano sonatas of Mozart in a series of four recitals over one weekend. McCawley’s unassuming manner belies an impressive c.v.

Simon Rattle, der am tags zuvor zum Ehrendirigenten der Staatskapelle Berlin gekürt wurde, begeistert mit Mahlers Zweiten Symphonie.