Heath Quartet sparkles at Winchester’s Discovery Centre

Par David Truslove, 04 mai 2014

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Critique faite à Discovery Centre, Winchester, le 2 mai 2014

Beethoven, Trio avec piano no. 3 en ut mineur, Op.1 no. 3

Rachmaninov, Prelude for cello and Piano, Op.2 no.1

Rachmaninov, Vocalise, Op. 34 no. 14

Schumann, Quintette avec piano en mi bémol majeur, Op.44

London Bridge Ensemble

Heath Quartet

Daniel Tong, Piano

Kate Gould, Violoncelle

« Notre besoin de consolation » : Calixto Bieito au Festival d'Automne

Julius Lay, 12th November

Calixto Bieito offre avec The String Quartet's Guide to Sex and Anxiety un spectacle intime sur l'angoisse existentielle, accompagné par le Heath Quartet.

****1

Boy Donne good: Toby Spence at Snape Maltings

Charlotte Valori, 20th June

Spence sounds confident in an evening of Tippett and Britten at Snape, culminating in a spinetingling account of John Donne's Holy Sonnet X.

***11

Luminous Rest: The Tallis Scholars sing Tavener at the Proms

David Fay, 4th August

The Tallis Scholars and the Heath Quartet perform the music of John Tavener at the Royal Albert Hall, on the 100th anniversary of the start of Britain's involvement in the First World War.

*****

Great Expectations not met in Dublin

Cynthia Wilson, 12th June

“My Mother was a stalker”: The target of her affections T.S.Eliot. Great expectstions drew us to his Four Quartets and to one of Beethoven's best during the Music In Great Irish Houses festival.

**111

Heartfelt Schumann and stylish Brahms in Winchester

Katy S. Austin, 4th May

This Winchester Chamber Music Festival programme made a stab at being eclectic, with two sets of early 20th century Webern miniatures to start. Yet the meat was in two substantial Romantic works by Schumann and Brahms.

****1

Wigmore Hall: Late Tippett

Chris Garlick, 17th January

A revelatory concert at Wigmore Hall of late works by Michael Tippett, featuring exemplary performances by Steven Osborne, Mark Padmore, Craig Ogden and the Heath Quartet.

*****

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David Truslove

After many years as a musician – conducting choirs, singing as a lay clerk at Winchester Cathedral and an involvement in education, David now writes programme notes, occasionally composes and enjoys a busy schedule of reviewing.