Schlicht aber schön

By Christine Roth, 08 December 2014

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“eine außerordentlich facettenreiche, so schlichte wie schöne Interpretation von Dvořáks Quintett”

Reviewed at Palatin, Wiesloch on 7 December 2014

Szymanowski, String Quartet no. 1 in C major, Op.37

Mendelssohn, String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, Op.13

Dvořák, Piano Quintet no. 2 in A major, Op.81

Carmina Quartet

Teo Gheorghiu, Piano

Revolutionary musings: Shostakovich 12 in Liverpool

Richard Ely, 19th January

Soviet Realism rubs shoulders with Romanticism and a new British work in Liverpool.

****1

Jung, locker und souverän

Rolf Kyburz, 31st October

Etude-Tableau Nr. 9 von Rachmaninov ist ein trotz seiner Kürze nahezu monströses Stück mit technisch gewaltigen Anforderungen – hinreißend gemeistert: Gratulation dem Künstler!

****1

Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

**111

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

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Christine Roth

After completing her Bachelor's degree in Heidelberg and at King's College London, Christine is now studying towards her Master's degree in Musicology and French Literature. She loves music of the 20th and 21st century and she also plays the violin with lay orchestras in musical and theatre projects.

Schlicht aber schön: Teo Gheorghiu beeindruckt im Kammerkonzert mit dem Carmina Quartett