Jennifer Koh and Vijay Iyer in a wintry Sun Valley

Par Kurt Gottschalk, 28 février 2022

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“Koh... played with such a natural ease that it seemed surprising she didn’t have to stop to breathe”

Critique faite à Argyros Performing Arts Center, Ketchum, le 26 février 2022

Bach, Sonate pour violon seul no. 1 en sol mineur, BWV1001

inti figgis-vizueta, Quiet City (& Easter Bells from the Bowery)

Mazzoli, Hail, Horrors, Hail

Monk, Work

Iyer, Dig the Say

Iyer, For Violin Alone

Iyer, The Diamond

Mendelssohn, Octuor à cordes en mi bémol majeur, Op.20

Jennifer Koh, Violon

Vijay Iyer, Piano

Sun Valley Festival string players, Ensemble

The Birds and the Bs: Bernstein in Boston

Kevin Wells, 6th October

Andris Nelsons makes no apologies for Shostakovich's Third Symphony, allowing it to blare, blaze, and bloviate as written.

****1

The concerto reconstructed: Detroit Symphony plays Sorey premiere

Annie Nikunen, 6th November

DSO plays Florence Price's Five Folksongs in Counterpoint and performs the world premiere of Tyshawn Sorey's For Marcos Balter for violin and orchestra with Jennifer Koh.

*****

NZSO's enthralling Salonen and Schubert

Simon Holden, 9th November

Edo de Waart and the NZSO thrill with the old warhorse that is Schubert's ninth as much as in an insightful and exciting rendition of Salonen's Violin Concerto.

****1

El cromatismo de Saariaho regresa a España con la OSG y Jennifer Koh

Cintia Borges Carreras, 18th January

Un atractivo programa fundado en los contrastes, con un discurso heterogéneo que entrecruza lenguajes folclóricos, electroacústicos y clásicos, donde la emotividad se reinventa en las melodías de Kaija Saariaho.

*****

Stunning performances of English repertoire

David Truslove, 15th January

This all-English programme artfully combined Butterworth, Elgar and Anna Clyne – three composers a century apart yet tied together by poetic association.

****1

Something old, something new, all exceptional

Graham Emberton, 28th May

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra programmed something for everybody with a line-up of Berlioz, Beethoven, and a newly commisioned violin concerto from Anna Clyne.

****1

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Kurt Gottschalk

Kurt Gottschalk is a journalist and author based in New York City. His writings on contemporary and classical music, jazz and improvisation have been published in outlets throughout Europe and America and he has two volumes of short fiction to his name. He produced and hosted the Miniature Minotaurs radio programme on WFMU and currently hosts Afternoon New Music on WKCR.

Bach and Mendelssohn: Jennifer Koh and Vijay Iyer in a wintry Sun Valley