Gould and Sidorova's Late Night Classical Café delights

Par Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 01 février 2015

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“dexterity of her hands peaked in Monti’s Czardas where the runs were performed at lightning speeds”

Critique faite à St George's Bristol, Bristol, le 30 janvier 2015

Schnittke, Suite in the Old Style

Bach, Sonate pour violon et clavier no. 6 en sol majeur, BWV1019

Bartók, 6 Danses populaires roumaines, Sz 56

Piazzolla, L'Histoire du Tango: Cafe 1930

Piazzolla, Oblivion

Monti, Czardas

Galliano, Valse à Margaux

Thomas Gould, Violon

Ksenija Sidorova, Accordéon

Sidorova mesmerises Liverpool with Tabakova’s Accordion Concerto

Glyn Mon Hughes, 22nd January

An unusual evening of orchestral virtuosity and an ear-opening adventure with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Andris Poga.

****1

Bizet raises the roof at the Pärnu Music Festival

Peter Quantrill, 13th July

The Estonian Festival Orchestra is on scintillating form in a rare outing for Roma, Bizet's own “Italian Symphony”.

****1

Ksenija Sidorova returns to Symphony Hall and Astor Piazzolla

William E Ford, 3rd February

Kalmar and Sidorova pair up for a powerful performance of Piazzolla's Aconcagua in Atlanta.

***11

Less is more! Fitkin und Schostakowitsch beim London Chamber Orchestra

Michael Klier, 25th February

Die Streicher des LCO spielten engagiert und hatten sichtlich Spaß am Auf und Ab Graham Fitkins Komposition.

***11

Vasily Petrenko brings Sinbad’s ship to the Mersey

Leighton Jones, 14th March

Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall was plunged into luscious sunshine with music from across the Tropics. The first half was filled with the sounds of Latin America before a nautical Arabian tour.

****1

Sidorova seduces and astounds as Carmen

Jonathan Sutherland, 13th July

For those more familiar with grim-faced matronly Salvation Army accordion players, voluptuous virtuoso Ksenija Sidorova certainly breaks the mould.

****1

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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”.