Guitarist John Williams gets a standing ovation at St George's Bristol

Par Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 14 octobre 2013

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Critique faite à St George's Bristol, Bristol, le 11 octobre 2013

Parmi les œuvres au programme:

Praetorius, Other

Œuvres de Bach

Barrios Mangoré, Other

Williams, Other

Williams, Hello Francis

Yocoh, Sakura Theme and Variations

Figueredo, Other

John Williams, Guitare

Reuniting in concert: Boston Symphony returns to Symphony Hall

Kevin Wells, 30th September

Looking at its past, its present and its future, the Boston Symphony returns to Symphony Hall after the Covid hiatus.

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John Williams at St George's Bristol

Simon Birch, 12th November

It is quite a daunting task to assess the performance of someone like John Williams. Certainly one of the finest and most famous living classical guitarists in the world, he seems something of a colossus of the instrument. Yet the manner he exuded as he entered the stage of St. George’s was of understated familiarity.

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Review Wigmore Hall: John Williams

Sebastian Scotney, 13th October

In a recent interview, BBC Radio 3 Controller Roger Wright was asked "What music would you want played at your funeral?" His reply: "Spanish guitar music, because I wouldn’t be there to hear it. If you ask my colleagues they’d say Spanish guitar music is one of my blind spots."Full marks to Wright for laying his cards on the table, perhaps.

Pierre, le loup et l’opium : étrange soirée à la Philharmonie

Tristan Labouret, 20th May

L'Orchestre de Paris a proposé un drôle d'attelage en associant le conte pour enfants de Prokofiev et la sombre Symphonie fantastique de Berlioz, laissant une impression mitigée.

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Le Quatuor Modigliani champion d’Europe à Radio France

Pierre Michel, 19th May

Dans un programme qui allait de Turina au Souvenir de Florence de Tchaïkovski en passant par Debussy, le quatuor a montré un même sens éblouissant du collectif.

*****

Rouvali, Gabetta et le Concertgebouw dans leur royaume à Bozar

Patrice Lieberman, 16th May

Dans un programme qui allait de Dvořák à Ravel en passant par le rare Concerto n° 1 pour violoncelle de Martinů brillamment interprété par Sol Gabetta, l'orchestre amstellodamois et son chef invité ont atteint des sommets.

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.