Taking the musical waters at the Pittville Pump Room

Par Mark Pullinger, 09 juillet 2022

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“as if they felt the music together, almost breathing as one organism”

Critique faite à Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, le 9 juillet 2022

Fauré, Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle en ré mineur, Op.120

Chen, ilk (World premiere)

Beethoven, Kakadu Variations, Op.121a

Saint-Saëns, Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle no. 2 en mi mineur, Op.92

Gould Piano Trio

Lucy Gould, Violon

Richard Lester, Violoncelle

Benjamin Frith, Piano

City of Light: Gould Piano Trio

Philip May, 3rd March

As part of the Philharmonia's City of Light series, the Gould Trio performed two Impressionist Piano Trios around two contrasting French Duos.

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Salon songs by candlelight at Corbridge Chamber Music Festival

Emily Owen, 11th August

For the second installment in Saturday evening’s Corbridge Chamber Music Festival double bill, St Andrew’s Church was bedecked with tea lights for a programme of light-hearted salon chamber music, based around Book 6 of Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words, Op. 67.

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Gallic charm at the Corbridge Chamber Music Festival

Emily Owen, 11th August

Now in its 13th year, the annual Corbridge Chamber Music Festival fills St Andrew’s Church, Corbridge to its high-vaulted ceiling, with glorious music from the Gould Piano Trio (who are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year) and their varied guests.

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The Gould Piano Trio bring Beethoven to life

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 7th December

Three is the magic number. The animated and dynamic Gould Piano Trio took to the stage and delighted the audience with three piano trios by Beethoven. The concert was the second of an exciting quartet of concerts, ‘The Beethoven Trios Series’, which are part of the Gould Piano Trio’s 20th Anniversary Year celebrations.

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Messiaen's ecstatic visions

Frances Wilson, 28th March

Peter Donohoe and Benjamin Frith (standing in for Peter Hill) performed Messiaen's Visions de l'Amen with intensity, clarity and profound musical understanding.

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Der Stardirigent am Klavier: Yannick Nézet-Séguin in Baden-Baden

Christoph Wurzel, 5th July

Wie es sein soll: Kammermusik als Ensemblekunst – und gleichrangig reihte sich der Stardirigent ein.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.