Gallic delights: the Nash Ensemble at Wigmore Hall

Par Matthew Rye, 21 mars 2018

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“Evans floated the phrases beautifully above the sitar-imitating pizzicatos of Adrian Brendel’s cello”

Critique faite à Wigmore Hall, Londres, le 20 mars 2018

Saint-Saëns, Caprice on Danish and Russian airs, Op.79

Ravel, Cinq mélodies populaires grecques

Ravel, Chants populaires

Debussy, Quatuor à cordes en sol mineur, Op.10

Delage, Quatre poèmes hindous

Fauré, Quatuor pour piano et cordes no. 2 en sol mineur, Op.45

Nash Ensemble

Ian Brown, Piano

Rebecca Evans, Soprano

Cinquantenaire du Nash Ensemble

Luce Zurita, 7th February

L'un des ensembles les plus importants de musique de chambre célébrait son anniversaire autour d'un repas copieux : trois heures de musique et une chanteuse invitée de marque, Sarah Connolly. De vrais moments de grâce.

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The Nash Ensemble celebrates Amelia Freedman at Wigmore Hall

Roy Westbrook, 2nd February

This Memorial Concert, given by the Nash Ensemble at Wigmore Hall, unites both the group and the venue closely associated with Amelia Freedman’s distinguished career as an arts administrator.

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Nash Inventions: a sonic feast for six decades

Christopher Woodley, 18th March

Martyn Brabbins and Claire Booth are among the Nash Ensemble's regular collaborators celebrating the group’s 60th Anniversary, marked by four world premieres.

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Late night lunaire: Schoenberg's Pierrot with Claire Booth

Roy Westbrook, 21st June

A midsummer night but no moonshine for this madness in the Britten Studio.

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Nash Ensemble’s Inventions evoke vivid landscapes and sombre memories

Christopher Woodley, 26th March

Fine performances from Claire Booth and Nash Ensemble conjure up the dramatic landscapes of Andalusia, the Hebrides and the wilds of southern Wisconsin, as portrayed by Harrison Birtwistle and Simon Holt.

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A double act: Roderick Williams delivers Mahler two ways

Alexander Hall, 19th November

Robert and Clara were not the only two-composer family. So were Alma and Gustav. The Nash Ensemble's latest programme highlights Beethoven and the Romantics.

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Matthew Rye

Matthew read music at Oxford and worked in music journalism for 30 years as a writer, critic and editor. He wrote numerous programme and CD booklet notes, spent 13 years as a Daily Telegraph critic, worked at BBC Music Magazine and was reviews editor of The Strad. He also wrote for The Wagner Journal and Opera and blogged at ferneklang.blogspot.co.uk. He was general editor of 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die (Cassell Illustrated, 2007) and was the author of a new series of eBooks, Masterpieces of Music (Erudition).