Instrument: Viola

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LondonTertis Memorial Concert

St John the Baptist Church, Wimbledon, Fri, 13 Nov at 14:30

Schumann C., Schumann, Clarke, Bridge

Edgar Francis; Jâms Coleman

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Garsington Opera, Sat, 14 Nov at 19:00

Schubert, Haydn

Takács Quartet; Edward Dusinberre; Harumi Rhodes; Richard O'Neill

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Konserthuset Stockholm: Grünewaldsalen, Sat, 14 Nov at 16:00

Bosmans, Beethoven, Brahms

Leonkoro Quartet; Cristina Cordero Beltrán

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Wigmore Hall, Sat, 14 Nov at 19:30

Bach, Benjamin, Bridge, Bowen, Tertis, Ravel, Moskowski, Kraggerud, Dale

Timothy Ridout; Hélène Clément; Ting-Ru Lai; Matthew Lipman

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Wigmore Hall, Sat, 14 Nov at 15:00

Bowen, Hindemith, Bridge, Forsyth, Sarasate

Timothy Ridout; Hélène Clément; Ting-Ru Lai; Matthew Lipman

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Wigmore Hall, Sat, 14 Nov at 11:30

Rolla, Beethoven, Shulman, Dvořák

Timothy Ridout; Hélène Clément; Ting-Ru Lai; Matthew Lipman

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Concertgebouw Brugge: Concert Hall, Sat, 14 Nov at 20:00

Rachmaninov, Miller

Orchestre National de Lille; Aziz Shokhakimov; Lawrence Power

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Fire in My Mouth: 146 voices against oblivion in Rotterdam

Monique ten Boske, 5 Nov

The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra gives voice to a senseless historical tragedy in the Dutch premiere of Julia Wolfe's oratorio.

***11

Brooklyn Rider © Petra Hajská, Prague Sounds

Frank Kuznik, 2 Nov

The group's expansive program shrinks in a relaxed performance in a small space

***11

Mengguang Huang, 9 Oct

Quatuor Ébène returns to Hamburg to kick off their Beethoven Cycle, driving four Stradivarius to their absolute expressive limits in a fiery, unforgettable night at the Elbphilharmonie.

****1

Sara Ferrández, Josep Vicent and the Belgrade Philharmonic © Marko Djokovic | Belgrade Philharmonic

Peter Connors, 9 Oct

Milan Mihajlović's Memento is a sparking start to the Belgrade Philharmonic's new season, followed by expressive and witty accounts of Walton and Prokofiev with viola player Sara Ferrández and conductor Josep Vicent.

*****

Lawrence Power, Patrick Hahn and the RSNO in rehearsal © RSNO | Clara Cowen

David Smythe, 2 Oct

In Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, Schnittke’s Viola Concerto is bookended by elegiac Bach and memorable Shostakovich, conducted by Patrick Hahn.

****1

Joseph Taylor and Sarah Chun in Massimo Moricone’s Romeo and Juliet © BalletNights_AlastairMorePhotography

Kathy Elgin, 24 Aug

The increasingly popular Ballet Nights performs at the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time to welcoming crowds.

****1

James Ehnes leads Appalachian Spring © Jena Poppe

Thomas May, 26 Jul

The self-styled “world’s largest chamber music party” ends an eventful festival with rare early Shostakovich, Grieg’s full-blooded Cello Sonata and Appalachian Spring heard in its original scoring for 13 instruments.

*****

Performers

Aldemir, Attila Algot Swensen, Nicholas Altmanis, Helena Anderson, Christine Andris, Ladislau Cristian Ansell, Steven Appelt, Maurice Arias, Joaquín Aslan, Elçin Aspin, David Atanasova Radulović, Kristina Aucante, Vincent Bak, Jordan Barritt, Jonathan Bastian, Véronique Bauerstatter, Robert Bauge, Einar Kyvik Beck, Benjamin Benedí, Pablo Hernán Benker, Matthias Bergkotte, Annemijn Bernabé, Roldán Berry, Jeremy Berry, Joe Berthaud, Lise Biwank, Christina Boală, Traian Bofarull, Bernat Bogdanas, Vlad Bogdanova, Elitsa Buchner, Elisabeth Burkhalter, Madeleine Busbridge, Judith Campbell, Cameron Canneva, Gabriel Caron, Marie-Annick Carr, Molly Carraro, Paola Carrero-Martinez, Ramon Carreño, Beatriz Aragón Casciato, Luca Chang, Choong-Jin Chazal, Raphaël Chen, Chih-Ta Chen, Jubel Chen, Lyda Chevalier, Franck Chibidziura, Elke Chilemme, Marie Chorzelski, Krzysztof Clément, Hélène Cohen-Adad, Caroline Cordero Beltrán, Cristina Cords, Nicholas Corti, Gina Coupé, Fanny Cousineau, Yukari Crockatt, John Cürlis, Katharina Dabonneville, Julien Dahlkvist, Lauriane Dambeck, Anya Dara, Paolo Dargel, Katharina De Campos, Kate Dean, Brett Debono, Nadia {viola}Deschamps, Aurélie Deyneka, Yulia Diaz, Roberto Duchesne, François Ehlers, Ralf Enna, Marcello Erlich, Miguel Fair, Ian Faraut, Guillaume Fassbender, Christoph Fechner, Thilo Fehlandt, Stefan Fenna, Abigail Fernández, Lara Ferrández, Sara Fournelle-Blain, Victor Fourrier, Hortense Francis, Edgar Francis, Lily Frank-Muntean, Daniela Führlinger, Sebastian Gaillard, David Gartemann, Julia Garzia, Jean-Christophe Gibson, Ruth Giddens, Rhiannon González, Nestor Luis Álvarez Gordon, Alexander Groblewski, Ryszard Groseil, Sophie Grosz, Amihai Hagen, Veronika Hajek, Thomas Hammer, Christoph{viola}Heesch, Andra Hefti, Mareike Hegemann, Dirk Heller, Christian Hennino, Léa Herrmann, Ruth Heusler, David Hoesch, Jannis Hood, Federico Horejsi, Theresa Horwath, Michael Howe, Jamie Huang, Hsin-Yun Huber, Rebecca Höhnisch, Philine Hörnlund, Emilie Hörr-Kalmer, Christiane Icellioglu, Iris Isaacs, Brian Ivanova, Zhanna Jang, Yoon-sun Jardine, Christa Jelveh, Leonardo Jensen, Jossalyn Johnsson, Ami-Louise Jones, Rachel Jung, Bertram Kadesha, Jonian Ilias Kamei, Ayano Kang, Yoonji Kasakawa, Megumi Kashkashian, Kim Kempton, Elliot Kilpeläinen, Atte Kirch, Frédéric Konoe, Mayu Konoe, Takehiro Kovalev, Georgy Kozasa, Ayane Kramers, Gijs Krestová, Eva Kühn, Tilman La Marca, Adrien Lafait, Gabrielle Lai, Danny Lai, Ting-Ru Landaas, Henninge Landerer, Elmar Lau, Born Lazari, Carlo Lefèvre-Pierrot, Clara Lenz, Christoph Lethiec, Karine Li, Teng Lielbardis, Janis Lipman, Matthew Liu, Katie Liu, Laura Loiko, Lev Lorenz, Karen Loughran, Natalie Lowndes-Northcott, Lydia Lysell, Bernt Maijala, Lilli Maksimovic, Milan Manchin, Zhang Mandel, Max Marfaing, Laurent Martin, Jameel Mastrolorenzi, Ruggero McDowell, Matthew Meenderink, Anna Mei, Diyang Meilink, Vidar Andersson Moeselaar, Hessel Mohamed, Sindy Molino, Frauke Tornetten Moon, Marvin Moore, Devin Moreau, Maylis Méreaux, François Mönkemeyer, Nils Nayda, Tobias Nesbitt, Dash Neugebauer, Tomasz Newman, Adam Newton, Ben Nickel, Philipp Nielsen, Susanja Niewöhner, Dirk Nikolić, Danka Nimylowycz, Pierre-Éric Nuñez, David Nägeli, Manuel Nørgaard {Asbjorn Norgaard}, Asbjørn O'Brian, Andres Maurette O'Neill, Richard Otero, Lorena Pagnon, Raphaël Parisot, Tanguy Parruitte, Claire Pascoe, Felix Peelman, Florian Per Rostad, Masumi Perkins, Nicolas Perks, Elliott Pesthy, Paul Pfaffenzeller, Stefanie Pfeffer, Torron Phelps, Cynthia Philips, Hrvoje Pilon, Charles Pimenta, Clément Pinkas, Jiří Pitts, Erin Plagens, Katja Poprawski, Barnaba Powell, Vicki Power, Lawrence Przybyl, Madeleine Puchades, Josep Pätzold, Johann Ramsey, Lynne Randalu, Liisa Reifland, Tobias Rekrut-Pressey, Emily Rensvik, Anders Ribes, Catherine Richards, John Pickford Richter, Florian Ridout, Timothy Ringstad, Eivind Holtsmark Riquelme Díaz, Paulina Roberts, Rachel Rohde, Hartmut Rojansky, Abigail Roskams, Benjamin Royer, Benedicte Royer, Vincent Rysanov, Maxim Rühl, Thomas Sabbah, Marc Sachs, Raphael Salzenstein, Hanna Schaar, Immo Schmidt-Martin, Eoin Schram, Nathan Schwamm, Teresa Schweizer, Verena Selditz, Thomas Semper, Hanna Maria Senamaud-Cohen, Yaël Shaw, Caroline Shepley, Robert Skoog Aquilonius, Catarina Slenczka, Christoph Slocumbe, Beatrice Souchon-Graziani, Jean-Baptiste Soulez-Larivière, Sào Souvignet-Kowalski, Aurélia Specjal, Krzysztof Staneva-Vogl, Elissaveta Stark, Marvin Strohm, Sarah Stuart, Sander Sussmann, Philipp Szomor-Mekis, Janka Szücs, Máté Sáez Schwartz, Iván Sørli{Sorli}, Nanna TBC Tahara, Ayako Tamestit, Antoine Thomas, Amy Thompson, Candida Tison, Céline Tomter, Lars Anders Treiber, Kevin Truszka, Šimon Trygstad, Anne Tsai, Hsiang-Hsiang Turrell, Luke Uhde, Gabriel Unknown Upshaw, Stephen Uusijärvi, Albin Val, Irene Vaschalde, Elise Verner, Petr Vinzens, Caspar Vioque-Judde, Manuel Vižine, Santa Wagner, Daniel Weber, Alice Marie Wei, Jun-Ting Wei, William Wernig, Emma Wilder, Cecilia Windhagauer, Martha Winzer, Tim-Erik Woudstra, Jeroen Wylezol, Uta Wünsch, Anna Maria Xu, Erik Wenbo Yoon, Yuri Yuasa, Emiko Zemtsov, Mikhail Zheng, Wen Xiao Ziegler, Jaren Zientara, Paul Zilliacus, Ylvali Zimmermann, Tabea Zolfaghari, Emad Zrenner, Sarah Luisa Zucker, Sylvia da Silva, Miguel de Boor, Jasper de Jong, Marie-Louise van Dijk, Xandi van Keulen, Isabelle von Rahden, Simone Özdemir, Elçim Özdemir, Nilay Śledziński, Daniel

Instrument: Viola

LondonTertis Memorial Concert

High WycombeTakács Quartet

StockholmLeonkoro Quartet

LondonRidout / Clément / Lai / Lipman / Ringstad / Kovalev / Baillieu

LondonRidout / Clément / Lai / Lipman / Ringstad / Kovalev / Baillieu

LondonRidout / Clément / Lai / Lipman / Ringstad / Kovalev / Baillieu

BrugesOrchestre National de Lille & Lawrence Power

Fire in My Mouth: 146 voices against oblivion in Rotterdam

In Prague, a tepid tribute to Philip Glass from Brooklyn Rider

Quatuor Ébène ignites Beethoven’s String Quartets in Hamburg

Belgrade Philharmonic opens season with showpieces for orchestra

Lawrence Power brings Schnittke’s intriguing Viola Concerto to life

Ballet Nights scores a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe

Appalachian Spring closes Seattle Chamber Music Society summer party