Gallic fare from the Berlin Phil Soloists

Von Mark Pullinger, 03 September 2018

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“Grosz’s sinewy viola growled and pawed, deliberately scuffing the textures”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Cadogan Hall, London, am 3 September 2018

Boulanger, Nocturne for violin and piano

Debussy, Sonate F-Dur für Flöte, Bratsche und Harfe

Šenk, Baca (BBC commission: world premiere)

Boulanger, Trois morceaux for piano

Ravel, Introduction and Allegro

Soloists of the Berliner Philharmoniker

Maja Avramović, Violine

Daishin Kashimoto, Violine

Amihai Grosz, Viola

Bruno Delepelaire, Cello

Emmanuel Pahud, Flöte

Wenzel Fuchs, Klarinette

Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Harfe

Alasdair Beatson, Klavier

Nash Inventions: a sonic feast for six decades

Christopher Woodley, 18th March

Martyn Brabbins and Claire Booth are among the Nash Ensemble's regular collaborators celebrating the group’s 60th Anniversary, marked by four world premieres.

****1

Nash Ensemble’s Inventions evoke vivid landscapes and sombre memories

Christopher Woodley, 26th March

Fine performances from Claire Booth and Nash Ensemble conjure up the dramatic landscapes of Andalusia, the Hebrides and the wilds of southern Wisconsin, as portrayed by Harrison Birtwistle and Simon Holt.

****1

Nash Ensemble: música contemporánea en el Wigmore Hall

Francisco Martínez Ramos, 27th April

El Nash Ensemble ofreció un gran concierto desde el Wigmore Hall con obras contemporáneas entre las que se contaban tres estrenos mundiales.

****1

Defiantly alive Dvořák and joyful Schubert from the Nash Ensemble

Nick Boston, 8th February

The Nash Ensemble performs Dvořák's Piano Quartet no. 2 at Wigmore Hall, followed by a joyful rendition of Schubert's Trout Quintet.

****1

Music with friends: Royal Northern Sinfonia's Trout Quintet

Jane Shuttleworth, 11th May

An affectionate Trout played by long-standing colleagues and friends from Royal Northern Sinfonia, along with Imogen Holst's Phantasy Quartet and Thomas Adès's fascinating Piano Quintet.

****1

Sumptuous Schumann and bracing Brahms from the Nash Ensemble

Benjamin Poore, 24th November

Awkard programming but fine musicianship from the Nash Ensemble and Christine Rice as part of its 'German Romantics' series.

***11

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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.

Gallic fare from the Berlin Philharmonic Soloists at Cadogan Hall