Gallic fare from the Berlin Phil Soloists

Par Mark Pullinger, 03 septembre 2018

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“Grosz’s sinewy viola growled and pawed, deliberately scuffing the textures”

Critique faite à Cadogan Hall, Londres, le 3 septembre 2018

Boulanger, Nocturne for violin and piano

Debussy, Sonate en fa majeur pour flûte, alto et harpe

Šenk, Baca (BBC commission: world premiere)

Boulanger, Trois morceaux for piano

Ravel, Introduction and Allegro

Soloists of the Berliner Philharmoniker

Maja Avramović, Violon

Daishin Kashimoto, Violon

Amihai Grosz, Alto

Bruno Delepelaire, Violoncelle

Emmanuel Pahud, Flûte

Wenzel Fuchs, Clarinette

Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Harpe

Alasdair Beatson, Piano

Nash Inventions: a sonic feast for six decades

Christopher Woodley, 18th March

Martyn Brabbins and Claire Booth are among the Nash Ensemble's regular collaborators celebrating the group’s 60th Anniversary, marked by four world premieres.

****1

Nash Ensemble’s Inventions evoke vivid landscapes and sombre memories

Christopher Woodley, 26th March

Fine performances from Claire Booth and Nash Ensemble conjure up the dramatic landscapes of Andalusia, the Hebrides and the wilds of southern Wisconsin, as portrayed by Harrison Birtwistle and Simon Holt.

****1

Nash Ensemble: música contemporánea en el Wigmore Hall

Francisco Martínez Ramos, 27th April

El Nash Ensemble ofreció un gran concierto desde el Wigmore Hall con obras contemporáneas entre las que se contaban tres estrenos mundiales.

****1

Defiantly alive Dvořák and joyful Schubert from the Nash Ensemble

Nick Boston, 8th February

The Nash Ensemble performs Dvořák's Piano Quartet no. 2 at Wigmore Hall, followed by a joyful rendition of Schubert's Trout Quintet.

****1

Music with friends: Royal Northern Sinfonia's Trout Quintet

Jane Shuttleworth, 11th May

An affectionate Trout played by long-standing colleagues and friends from Royal Northern Sinfonia, along with Imogen Holst's Phantasy Quartet and Thomas Adès's fascinating Piano Quintet.

****1

Sumptuous Schumann and bracing Brahms from the Nash Ensemble

Benjamin Poore, 24th November

Awkard programming but fine musicianship from the Nash Ensemble and Christine Rice as part of its 'German Romantics' series.

***11

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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.

Gallic fare from the Berlin Philharmonic Soloists at Cadogan Hall