A gorgeous chamber music première in Seattle

Par Thomas May, 21 juillet 2015

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“Efe Baltacıgil's cello like an oarsman steering his colleagues through the rapids”

Critique faite à Benaroya Hall: Nordstrom Recital Hall, Seattle, le 20 juillet 2015

Mendelssohn, Sonate pour violoncelle et piano no. 2 en ré majeur, Op.58

Stucky, Cantus (World Première)

Brahms, Quintette à cordes no. 2 en sol majeur, Op.111

Johannes Moser, Violoncelle

Inon Barnatan, Piano

Demarre McGill, Flûte

Anthony McGill, Clarinette

Andrew Wan, Violon

Ani Aznavoorian, Violoncelle

Andrew Armstrong, Piano

Robert Tucker (Percussion), Percussions

Ray Chen, Violon

Erin Keefe, Violon

Cynthia Phelps, Alto

Yura Lee, Alto

Efe Baltacigil, Violoncelle

Piano trios x 3 from Weilerstein, Jackiw and Barnatan at QEH

Roy Westbrook, 30th November

The classical equivalent to a pop “supergroup” assembles at the Southbank Centre for piano trios by Rachmaninov, Ravel and Beethoven.

****1

Seattle Chamber Music Society launches its 2025 summer festival

Thomas May, 6th July

The Seattle Chamber Music Society opens its 2025 summer festival with a program of striking emotional depth, musical refinement and rapturous ensemble connection.

****1

Eun Sun Kim makes dazzling Boston Symphony Orchestra debut

Kevin Wells, 8th March

Late-career works by Lyadov, Bartók and Rachmaninov dominated the program, which featured Inon Barnatan as piano soloist.

*****

Barnstorming performances from Inon Barnatan at Wigmore Hall

Chris Garlick, 6th October

Inon Barnatan hits the ground running with Ravel in his recital, concluding with his own transcription of Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances.

****1

Oksana Lyniv makes a dazzling Cleveland Orchestra debut

Frank Kuznik, 11th July

Oksana Lyniv gets the best out of The Cleveland Orchestra, treating the audience to spellbinding versions of charming fables.

*****

Mozart-lite and standard issue Bartók from Canellakis and Barnatan

Laurence Vittes, 27th April

Karina Canellakis comes along at just the right moment to see what a possible contender for the open LA Phil post could bring.

***11

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Thomas May

Thomas May is a writer and translator based in Seattle. His books include Decoding Wagner and The John Adams Reader, and he blogs about the arts at memeteria.com. He has written for The Washington Post, Gramophone, Listen, Symphony magazine, OPERA America, crosscut.com, and many other publications.