An engaging evening of Haydn with the Castalian Quartet

Par Mark Pullinger, 18 avril 2018

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“lithe, crisp accounts that never felt too weighty nor too rushed”

Critique faite à Wigmore Hall, Londres, le 17 avril 2018

Haydn, Quatuor à cordes no. 60 en sol majeur, Op.76 no. 1, Hob III: 75

Haydn, Quatuor à cordes no. 61 en ré mineur «Les Quintes» Op.76 no.2, Hob III: 76

Haydn, Quatuor à cordes no. 62 en ut majeur «L'Empereur», Op.76 no.3, Hob III: 77

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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British Quartets: The Castalian Quartet at the Cheltenham Music Festival

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 8th July

This Cheltenham Festival concert featured three British string quartets by Hugh Wood, Michael Nyman and Giles Swayne. Swayne and Wood were both present at the concert and gave an introductory talk providing context for their works. Swayne said in the talk that ‘music should be unpredictable to keep the listener interested’.

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Siegfried et l’art du chant au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Pierre Michel, 19th April

Pour ce troisième volet du Ring proposé en version de concert par Yannick Nézet-Séguin et l'Orchestre philharmonique de Rotterdam, c'est le plateau vocal qui brille avant tout, éclipsant l'orchestre et le chef.

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Les bons souvenirs de Julien Chauvin à Deauville

Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 18th April

Pour ouvrir la 30e édition de la manifestation deauvillaise, le violoniste et chef du Concert de la Loge a proposé un excellent triptyque Bach-Telemann-Pergolèse qui faisait allusion à des souvenirs normands.

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Berlioz et Mahler subtils à Bozar par le BNO, Schønwandt et Gens

Patrice Lieberman, 17th April

Dans Les Nuits d'été comme dans la Cinquième Symphonie de Mahler, les interprètes ont su souligner le raffinement instrumental de l'écriture sans tomber dans la surenchère sonore.

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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.

The art of good conversation: an engaging evening of Haydn with the Castalian Quartet