Proms Chamber Music 1: Youthful duo Vilde Frang and Michail Lifits open the chamber series

By Nahoko Gotoh, 19 July 2013

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Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 15 July 2013

Ravel, Violin Sonata no. 2 in G major

Mozart, Violin Sonata in G major, K379 (K373a)

Lutosławski, Partita for violin and piano

Vilde Frang, Violin

Michail Lifits, Piano

Aus der Welt der Violinsonate

Larissa Schütz, 24th August

Wer glaubte, sich für einen entspannten Kammermusikabend gemütlich in seinem Sitz zurücklehnen zu können, der wurde schnell mit einem Brahmsschen Scherzo eines Besseren belehrt.

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Brilliant Brahms from Vengerov and friends at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 16th December

An extraordinary group of musicians join violinist Maxim Vengerov in performing two chamber music jewels by Johannes Brahms.

*****

Pappano crests the waves at the Edinburgh International Festival

David Smythe, 14th August

Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony is a highlight of the London Symphony Orchestra’ s programme which also includes Vilde Frang excelling in Korngold.

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Passion and precision from the Berlin Phil at Carnegie Hall

Cameron Kelsall, 17th November

Under the leadership of Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko, the Berliners produced a deep, muscular and forward sound that invigorated familiar music.

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Time stands still in Vilde Frang’s Elgar

Mark Pullinger, 12th September

In an evening pairing two English classics, Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symhony Orchestra in Elgar’s Violin Concerto and an out-of-this-world account of Holst’s The Planets.

*****

Sea Pictures: Oramo and the BBCSO in contrasting British works

Roy Westbrook, 24th May

When is a work actually finished ? Only when composer, publisher, editors and performers agree that it is... Sakari Oramo conducts the London premiere of Knussen's Cleveland Pictures.

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.