Bitterness and lamentation at SJSS

Von Elisabeth Schwarz, 16 November 2017

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“Osborne and Gerhardt savoured the Scherzo's frenetic humour”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Smith Square Hall, London, am 14 November 2017

Schostakowitsch, Klaviertrio Nr. 2 e-Moll, Op. 67

Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartett für das Ende der Zeit) für Klarinette, Violine, Cello und Klavier

Steven Osborne, Klavier

James Ehnes, Violine

Alban Gerhardt, Cello

Jean Johnson, Klarinette

Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

**111

Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO stir up swelling seas with Scheherazade

Robert Gainer, 4th March

In the CBSO Benevolent Fund concert, the orchestra tells the timeless story, set in Persia, of Scheherazade who, through her storytelling, brings about peace.

****1

Heft and delicacy: Philharmonia makes Lammermuir Festival debut

Simon Thompson, 10th September

Bringing the Philharmonia is the most ambitious thing the Lammermuir Festival has ever done, yet it felt like a natural next step for a festival that's growing in stature.

****1

Gardner and the LPO scale Alpine heights with majestic ease

Nick Boston, 21st February

Majestic Strauss and effortless Grieg from Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

****1

Exquisite Mozart from Steven Osborne with the Ulster Orchestra

Leighton Jones, 14th February

Championing British musicm the Ulster Orchestra also performs a seldom heard work by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

***11

The stars shine brightly: Morlot conducts Messiaen in Manchester

Leighton Jones, 12th December

In a rare performance of Des Canyons aux étoiles, Ludovic Morlot and Steven Osborne plunge the depths of Utah’s canyons and ascend to celestial plains.

*****

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Elisabeth Schwarz

Elisabeth is Bachtrack’s German Editor and Press Manager. After more than five years in London, she is now back in Vienna, spending more time at the opera and in cafés than her own living room. She also organises music projects for people who have experienced homelessness and works as a freelance translator and copywriter for classical music PRs.

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