Aus dem Ärmel geschüttelt

By Rolf Kyburz, 03 July 2016

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Reviewed at Salle del Castillo, Vevey on 1 July 2016

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 21 in C major "Waldstein", Op.53

Stravinsky, Piano Sonata

Bartók, Piano Sonata Sz 80

Tchaikovsky, Dumka - Russian rustic scene in C minor for piano, Op.59

Tchaikovsky, Les Saisons (The Seasons): Juillet (July): Chant du faucheur (Song of the Reaper)

Tchaikovsky, Les Saisons (The Seasons): Août (August): La moisson (Harvest)

Tchaikovsky, Les Saisons (The Seasons): Septembre (September): La chasse (Hunting)

Stravinsky, Three movements from Petrushka

Boris Berezovsky, Piano

Three Russian giants in Oxford

Roy Westbrook, 28th July

Had the piece been much longer, pianist, instrument, audience and hall would surely have been consumed by some Pentecostal fire. Which is more or less what the composer had in mind.

****1

Boris Berezovsky at the Royal Festival Hall

Sophia Lambton, 5th June

A recital of incomparable but unrelated works became a lengthy attempt to adapt tempi.

***11

Musical expressions of Pianoscope

Olga de Kort, 15th October

Friendschip, new discoveries and variety of musical expressions at the opening concert of the 10th Pianoscope Festival in Beauvais.

****1

Dvořák in Istanbul: the Borodins and Berezovsky impress

Alain Matalon, 4th June

The five musicians on stage performed just like a well-oiled machine in Dvořák's Op. 81 Piano Quintet’s devilishly tricky coda.

****1

Boris Berezovsky at Royal Festival Hall

Frances Wilson, 14th January

Acclaimed Russian pianist Boris Berezovsky opened the 2014 International Piano Series concerts at Southbank Centre with an impressive and absorbing recital of music by Debussy, Ravel and Rachmaninov.

*****

Neeme Järvi and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Manchester

Rohan Shotton, 22nd May

Neeme Järvi brought his fine Swiss orchestra to Manchester for a deeply moving evening of Pärt, Grieg and Tchaikovsky, leaving a large audience very quiet as they left the Bridgewater Hall.Tchaikovsky wrote his Sixth Symphony amid substantial personal turmoil, despite the relatively recent success of his Fifth.

****1

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Rolf Kyburz

Rolf ist ein besessener Liebhaber und Sammler von klassischer Musik zwischen Renaissance und dem 21. Jahrhundert. Seine musikalische Erfahrung (Violine, Sologesang, Mitgliedschaft in Chören und kleineren Chorensembles) fließt jetzt unter anderem in seinen Blog auf www.rolf-musicblog.net; seit 2014 bespricht er für Bachtrack Konzerte. Vorheriges Leben: Chemiestudium, 30 Jahre Spezialist für wissenschaftliche Instrumente, Computer, Software, Programmieren.

Aus dem Ärmel geschüttelt: Boris Berezovsky in Vevey