Expressive, virtuosic cello sonatas from Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason

Por Nick Boston, 29 mayo 2024

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“it was the sad, lyrical Largo that sat at the heart of this performance”

Crítica hecha desde Barbican Hall, Londres el 28 mayo 2024

Mendelssohn, Cello Sonata no. 1 in B flat major, Op.45

Beethoven, Sonata para violonchelo núm. 5 en re mayor, Op.102 núm. 2

Fauré, Cello Sonata no.1 in D minor, Op.109

Chopin, Sonata para violonchelo en sol menor, op. 65

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Violonchelo

Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano

L'éclatant succès du Chineke! Orchestra à la Philharmonie

Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 26th September

La phalange qui fête ses dix ans d'existence a remporté un triomphe dans un programme original et ô combien enthousiasmant, en belle compagnie – avec Sheku et Isata Kanneh-Mason, Tai Murray et Roderick Cox.

*****

Exciting but inconsistent playing from the EUYO at Carnegie Hall

Cameron Kelsall, 6th August

Under Iván Fischer's direction, Mahler's First Symphony is notable more for bombastic passion than subtle artistry.

***11

The Kanneh-Masons and friends at the Aldeburgh Festival

Roy Westbrook, 21st June

Some chamber concerts, like this one at Snape Maltings, can turn a public hall into a large drawing room.

***11

Isata Kanneh-Mason makes a glittering Proms debut in Prokofiev

Dominic Lowe, 1st August

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Ryan Bancroft joined Kanneh-Mason as she tackled Prokofiev's most popular piano concerto with easy dexterity, then delivering a powerful performance of Tchaikovsky.

***11

Colour and thrills from Hindoyan, Kanneh-Mason and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 27th April

Isata Kanneh-Mason thrills with sparking fingerwork in Prokofiev, while the RLPO and Domingo Hindoyan are just as dazzling in Falla and Stravinsky.

****1

Hiding in plain sight: Ilan Volkov steals the show at Symphony Hall

Simon Cummings, 22nd February

A self-effacing, literal approach from conductor Ilan Volkov brings marvellous transparency to works by Sibelius and Prokofiev, while highlighting the flaws in a new work by Freya Waley-Cohen.

****1

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Deeply expressive, virtuosic cello sonatas from Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason