More Mozart, made in Manchester from the Camerata

By Rohan Shotton, 28 March 2022

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“some of the most thrilling Mozart one could hope to hear”

Reviewed at Stoller Hall, Manchester on 25 March 2022

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492: Overture

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor, K491

von Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Erwin und Elmire: Overture

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 25 in C major, K503

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano

Manchester Camerata

Gábor Takács-Nagy, Conductor

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

Bavouzet’s Manchester Mozart cycle reaches its epic peak

Leighton Jones, 20th September

All good things must come to end, but Manchester Camerata's Mozart piano concerto cycle did so in exceptional style in Stoller Hall.

*****

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.

*****

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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Rohan Shotton

Rohan has reviewed concerts and opera across the UK and Europe, but chiefly in Manchester, where he enjoys conducting and playing percussion and piano. He works as a hospital doctor, having studied in St Andrews and Manchester, and tweets as @RohanShotton.