Moving intimacy in Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason’s Chamber Prom

Par Nick Boston, 14 septembre 2020

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“Its lush, sweeping arcs and flowing, lyrical lines felt like a warm bath”

Critique faite à Royal Albert Hall, Londres, le 11 septembre 2020

Beethoven, Sonate pour violoncelle et piano no. 4 en ut majeur, Op.102 no. 1

Barber, Sonata for cello and piano in C minor, Op.6

Bridge, Mélodie in C sharp minor, for cello and piano

Rachmaninov, Sonate pour violoncelle et piano en sol mineur, Op. 19

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Violoncelle

Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano

L'éclatant succès du Chineke! Orchestra à la Philharmonie

Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 26th September

La phalange qui fête ses dix ans d'existence a remporté un triomphe dans un programme original et ô combien enthousiasmant, en belle compagnie – avec Sheku et Isata Kanneh-Mason, Tai Murray et Roderick Cox.

*****

Exciting but inconsistent playing from the EUYO at Carnegie Hall

Cameron Kelsall, 6th August

Under Iván Fischer's direction, Mahler's First Symphony is notable more for bombastic passion than subtle artistry.

***11

The Kanneh-Masons and friends at the Aldeburgh Festival

Roy Westbrook, 21st June

Some chamber concerts, like this one at Snape Maltings, can turn a public hall into a large drawing room.

***11

Expressive, virtuosic cello sonatas from Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason

Nick Boston, 28th May

An impressive evening at the Barbican from two rapidly maturing performers, unafraid to bring chamber music to audiences more familiar with standard virtuosic concerto displays.

****1

Isata Kanneh-Mason makes a glittering Proms debut in Prokofiev

Dominic Lowe, 1st August

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Ryan Bancroft joined Kanneh-Mason as she tackled Prokofiev's most popular piano concerto with easy dexterity, then delivering a powerful performance of Tchaikovsky.

***11

Colour and thrills from Hindoyan, Kanneh-Mason and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 27th April

Isata Kanneh-Mason thrills with sparking fingerwork in Prokofiev, while the RLPO and Domingo Hindoyan are just as dazzling in Falla and Stravinsky.

****1

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Moving intimacy in Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason’s impressive Chamber Prom