Instrument: Flute

The second of Talea’s belated Berio birthday concerts includes strong performances of the Sequenze for flute and viola in the wake of a last-minute shuffle.

****1

London Sinfonietta explodes fixed views of Boulez

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Roy Westbrook, 05 Oct

Pierre Boulez died in 2016, but on this evidence of this exploration into …explosante-fixe…, his music will live on.

*****

At Festival Ravel: tilting at windmills

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Mark Pullinger, 03 Sep

Don Quixote provides the inspiration for songs by Ravel and Ibert, the high point of a bitty programme in contrast to an early evening recital which followed the perfect trajectory.

***11

Morlot returns to lead Seattle Symphony’s season-closing showcase

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Thomas May, 19 Jun

Two rhapsodies anchor a program that ranges from brass-driven bravura to Ravel’s iridescent orchestral color. Seattle Symphony closes its season with breadth, nuance and elegant command from emeritus Ludovic Morlot.

****1

Nash Inventions: a sonic feast for six decades

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Christopher Woodley, 18 Mar

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

Three centuries of music from Andrew Manze and the SCO

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Simon Thompson, 14 Nov

A typically omnivorous programme from Manze and the SCO in which principal flautist André Cebrián dazzles in a Mozart concerto. But it was all nearly upstaged by a solo lament for the Valencia floods.

****1

Impressive ensemble from Kuchar and the Lviv National Philharmonic

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Christopher Woodley, 07 Oct

Gift-bearing Ukrainians offer up warmth, joy and passion at Cadogan Hall.

****1

Performers

Alin, Andreas Andrada de la Calle, Clara Babcsán, Bence Barker, Jeffrey Barner, Susanne Beaudiment, Julien Becerra Thomsen, Joachim Belič, Martin Beynon, Emily Bircher, Katy Biscevic, Eleonora Bogner, Magdalena Bouriakov, Denis Brown, Rachel Campos, Pedro Lopez Cesari, Matteo Charles, Renaud Chase, Claire Clarke, Wendy Davies, Gareth Davies, Philippa Davis, Prudence Feller, Bart Ferrandis, Jean Ferraris, Paolo Fluch-Latini, Birgit Gavilán Zurita, Francisca Helgadóttir, Kristjana Hirte, Flavia Holt, Rachel Hurel, Juliette Hutchins, Timothy Höskuldsson, Stefán Ragnar Ivanova, Elizaveta Joachim, Nathalie Jóföldi, Anett Karapanos, Stathis Kim, Sooyun Kim, Yubeen Koch, Daniela Kofler, Michael Martin Krausz, Tami Landarrabilco, Emma Lefebvre de Rieux, Anastasie Lin, Yu-Fei Linortner, Renate Maclennan, Taylor Martín, Jaime Matsuki, Saya McGhee, Lorna McGill, Demarre Minter, Sally Miyazaki, Chika Norell, Anders O'Toole, Luke Ophèle, Emmanuelle Ostrý, Jan Pahud, Emmanuel Pais, Sónia Paponiu, Blair Francis Pereira Fernandes, Rute Daniela Pivon, Gabriella Pop, Izabella Riikonen, Anna Robb, Anthony Rose, Claudia Rozas, Silvia Santamaría, Marta Schmidt-Casdorff, Michael Schwaabe, Natalie Schöllhorn, Janine Schütz, Karl-Heinz Sello, Luisa Shephard, Eliza Shine, Sarah Silvi, Edoardo Smith, Brent Michael Solomon, Ashley Stein, Claudia Stone, Beth Sutherland, Rowland Szabó, Rozália Tomaschitz, Stefan Trionfo, Anthony Unknown Varga, Dóra Vidovich, Helen Walker, Adam Walquist, Lydia Weber, Jelka Wiese, Henrik Yuan Hi Ánchel, Cristina

Instrument: Flute

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MunichSonderkonzert zu Silvester

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Talea Ensemble casts Berio’s Sequenze against recent works

London Sinfonietta explodes fixed views of Boulez

At Festival Ravel: tilting at windmills

Morlot returns to lead Seattle Symphony’s season-closing showcase

Nash Inventions: a sonic feast for six decades

Three centuries of music from Andrew Manze and the SCO

Impressive ensemble from Kuchar and the Lviv National Philharmonic