Transparent Glass: The Smith Quartet at St John's Smith Square

This Saturday afternoon concert by the Smith Quartet – the first in a two-concert series that would present the complete string quartets of Michael Nyman, including the UK première of his String Quartet no.

Five string quartets performed by four musicians – each musician with an intricate understanding of the world of new music. The Smith Quartet are well established as being the modern music quartet to hear in the United Kingdom – having commissioned over 200 new works and working with the likes of Reich, Nyman and Glass – if you are a fan of minimalism.

Do you remember when Steve Reich, “America’s greatest living composer”, came to your school concert and you performed his seminal work Clapping Music with the great man? No? Well, Joshua Kellie does. Joshua was one of the talented (and fortunate) St Paul’s School pupils chosen to perform in a concert in honour of the minimalist composer on his 75th birthday.

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.

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.

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