Bavouzet’s Manchester Mozart cycle reaches its epic peak

Gábor Takács-Nagy, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Manchester Camerata

By Leighton Jones, 22 September 2024

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“a positively jubilant performance”

Reviewed at Stoller Hall, Manchester on 20 September 2024

Mozart, La finta semplice, K51 (K46a): Overture

Mozart, Rondo in A major for piano and orchestra, K386

Mozart, Concerto no. 10 in E flat major for two pianos, K365 (K316a)

Mozart, Idomeneo, re di Creta, K366: Overture

Mozart, Rondo in D major for Piano, K382

Mozart, Concerto no. 7 in F major for three pianos, "Lodron", K242

Gábor Takács-Nagy, Conductor

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano

Andrea Nemecz, Piano

Rose McLachlan, Piano

Manchester Camerata

Energetic Mozart and Beethoven from Manchester Camerata

Leighton Jones, 23rd May

Continuing with their ‘Made in Manchester’ series of Mozart concertos in Stoller Hall, Manchester Camerata turn to the horn concertos with soloist Martin Owen.

****1

Aakash Odedra’s Songs of the Bulbul premieres in Edinburgh

Kathy Elgin, 9th August

Based around the Sufi myth of the bulbul, a bird said to sing more sweetly as it approaches death, Odedra's new work brings together North Indian Kathak dance, Sufi myth and Islamic poetry.

****1

OperaUpClose's Flying Dutchman becomes chillingly contemporary

Nick Boston, 7th July

OperaUpClose's vision of a dystopian England through Wagner's Flying Dutchman, distilled for chamber forces, receives strong performances from the cast and Manchester Camerata players.

***11

Manchester Camerata and Jess Gillam on superb form in Buxton

Peter Connors, 19th July

Two fascinating and hugely entertaining recent pieces started a superb concert by the strings of the Manchester Camerata, joined by Jess Gillam in Glazunov's Saxophone Concerto and the Brodsky Quartet in Elgar's Introduction and Allegro. Tchaikovsky crowned the concert.

*****

More Mozart, made in Manchester from the Camerata

Rohan Shotton, 25th March

Gábor Takács-Nagy and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet tackle Mozart's Piano Concertos nos. 24 and 25 with the Manchester Camerata with their usual panache.

****1

Joyful music-making from Kadesha and the Manchester Camerata

Peter Connors, 3rd December

Five diverse pieces from Central Europe are united by humour and fine perfomances by Jovan Ilias Kadesha as soloist and director of the Manchester Camerata.

****1

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Leighton Jones

Leighton has extensive teaching experience from early years to postgraduate level music. Currently he works as a primary music specialist, visiting instrumental teacher and examiner. As a pianist, he was inspired to play after hearing Moura Lympany at a young age and has a large collection of her recordings. Leighton’s postgraduate studies focussed on his interest in 20th-century English orchestral music, with particular study of Britten, Rawsthorne, Walton and Vaughan Williams. A keen choral singer he has developed a comprehensive knowledge of chiefly British choral music.

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s Manchester Mozart cycle reaches its epic peak