Ornate Franck and dreamy Szymanowski from Park and Grosvenor

Von Mark Valencia, 10 Juni 2020

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“a loving interlace of violin and piano that could hardly be bettered”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wigmore Hall, London, am 10 Juni 2020

Szymanowski, 3 Myths, Op.30

Franck, Violinsonate A-Dur

Hyeyoon Park, Violine

Benjamin Grosvenor, Klavier

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.

Ornate Franck and dreamy Szymanowski from Hyeyoon Park and Benjamin Grosvenor