Evocative contemporary string music from the ESO

Por Katy Wright, 19 octubre 2014

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Crítica hecha desde LSO St Lukes, Londres el 18 octubre 2014

Musgrave, Green

Pritchard, Violin Concerto "Wall of Water" (World Premiere)

Doolittle, Falling still, for violin and orchestra (UK Premiere)

Saariaho, Terra Memoria for string quartet (UK Premiere)

English String Orchestra

Kenneth Woods, Dirección

Harriet Mackenzie, Violín

English Symphony Orchestra brings transparency to Strauss and Mahler

Simon Cummings, 2nd December

Kenneth Woods directs a compelling, revelatory concert featuring chamber versions of Strauss’ Four Last Songs and Mahler’s Ninth Symphony.

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Philip Sawyers' powerful new symphony at SJSS

Gavin Dixon, 28th February

Philip Sawyers’ Third Symphony imposing but tightly argued, and given a compelling first performance by Kenneth Woods and the English Symphony Orchestra.

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World première of Joubert's Jane Eyre

Pamela Nash, 25th October

John Joubert's opera setting of Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece received its long-awaited world premiere by the English Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Kenneth Woods, with a luminous central performance by soprano April Fredrick.

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Resonancias entre tiempos: viaje ulterior con Nicolas Altstaedt

Maria Sánchez, 19th April

Entre la variedad estilística y las diversas maneras de hacer, la música del violonchelista alemán desplegó un muestrario de posibilidades instrumentales en la intimidad monástica.

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Brunello transita entre Bach y Weinberg un concierto pleno de carácter

Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 10th April

Mario Brunello recorrió obras de Bach y Weinberg en una interpretación plena de personalidad, cuyo carácter unitario mostraba voluntad por ofrecer una experiencia viva.

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Orquesta de Extremadura y la de Cámara de Toulouse con Roberto Forés

Andrea Lorenzo Lancho, 10th April

La Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse, Kholodenko, Forés y la Orquesta de Extremadura ofrecieron un programa lleno de lirismo y memoria con obras Dvořák, Lutosławski y Bartók.

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Katy Wright

As News Editor at Rhinegold, Katy contributes news pieces and longer features to publications including Classical Music, Music Teacher and International Piano (both digital and print editions). She writes on a freelance basis for publications including Sinfini Music and TEMPO.