British Quartets: The Castalian Quartet at the Cheltenham Music Festival

Par Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 11 juillet 2012

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Critique faite à Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, le 8 juillet 2012

Wood, String Quartet no. 5, Op.45

Nyman, String Quartet no. 2

Swayne, String Quartet no.3

Castalian String Quartet

A constellation of quartets end the East Neuk Festival

Simon Thompson, 29th June

Sixteen of the finest string players around join forces on one stage to end the East Neuk Festival in a grand finale.

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A Brahms clarinet feast from Michael Collins at Wigmore Hall

Mark Pullinger, 6th January

Brahms wrote four of the greatest works in the clarinet repertoire for his friend Richard Mühlfeld. The indefatigable Michael Collins performed three of them in the latest recital in Stephen Hough's Brahms residency.

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An engaging evening of Haydn with the Castalian Quartet

Mark Pullinger, 17th April

Would Haydn be the perfect dinner party guest? Witty banter and joyful exchanges characterise the three quartets given at Wigmore Hall as part of its Haydn series.

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Le Quatuor Modigliani entre ciel et terre à Radio France

Pierre Michel, 4th April

De Kurtág à Brahms en passant par Beethoven, le quatuor a montré l'étendue de sa technique, définie par une homogénéité parfaite et une écoute mutuelle attentive.

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La révélation Dmytro Udovychenko avec le National à Radio France

Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 2nd April

Premier Prix du Concours Reine Elisabeth de Belgique en 2024, le violoniste ukrainien bouleverse dans le Premier Concerto pour violon de Dimitri Chostakovitch, bien secondé par Oksana Lyniv et l'Orchestre National de France.

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Ses partenaires passent, Martha demeure : Argerich-Lim à Toulouse

Thibault d'Hauthuille, 31st March

Fidèle à Toulouse, la lionne est de retour dans la saison des Grands Interprètes en deux pianos avec Dong Hyek Lim, pour un programme Mozart-Ravel-Rachmaninov passionnant mais inégal.

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.