Pounding the 26 miles from Greenwich Park to The Mall wasn't the only marathon in London today. At Milton Court, Peter Donohoe ran his own marathon, tackling all ten sonatas by Alexander Scriabin.
Garrick Ohlsson’s ‘Skryabin Focus’ at Wigmore Hall opened with a concert on the composer's birthday which revealed the complex and myriad aspects of Scriabin's creative impulse and his deep affinity for the piano
In an age where most performers dedicate their whole life to music, Stephen Hough is a remarkable exception. Something of a Renaissance man, not only is he one of the world's foremost concert pianists, but he also paints, composes, writes poetry and blogs. This evening's programme on the theme of 'strange sonatas' was framed by two of the best-known works by Beethoven and Liszt.
Un récital d’une admirable unité ! Les Chopin de Kissin furent hiératiques, son Schumann d’une justesse absolue et ses Debussy comme dans un rêve. Un voyage à vivre assurément.
Vadym Kholodenko ist ein Klangmagier: sein Spiel war äußerst sprechend, bilderreich, mit blühender Agogik erzählend-plastisch und dabei unprätentiös: große Klavierkunst!
Il est de ces personnes, rares et précieuses, qui ont su garder de leurs jeunes années l’enthousiasme, la gaîté et la fraîcheur, comme si le temps n’avait sur eux que l’effet d’un souffle délicat.
