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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Un demi-Iberia de rêve pour Nathanaël Gouin à Tons Voisins

Thibault d'Hauthuille, 3rd June

Au festival albigeois, Nathanaël Gouin semble comme chez lui dans le difficile cycle d'Albéniz, relayé par le jeune Gabriel Cassagnes qui paraît plus emprunté.

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Le subjuguant Schubert de Sunwook Kim au TCE

Pierre Michel, 2nd June

Après une première partie bousculée dans Schumann et Beethoven, le pianiste coréen montre à nouveau sa prédilection pour Schubert avec une interprétation de référence de l'avant-dernière sonate du compositeur.

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Vilde Frang, Teodor Currentzis et Utopia entre anges et démons

Romain Daroles, 1st June

L'orchestre en fusion du charismatique chef gréco-russe et la divine violoniste norvégienne ont proposé une soirée de légende dans Berg et Mahler.

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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