Great Expectations not met in Dublin

By Cynthia Wilson, 13 June 2014

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Reviewed at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin on 12 June 2014

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 15 in A minor, Op.132

Heath Quartet

Olwen Fouéré, Actor

Boy Donne good: Toby Spence at Snape Maltings

Charlotte Valori, 20th June

Spence sounds confident in an evening of Tippett and Britten at Snape, culminating in a spinetingling account of John Donne's Holy Sonnet X.

***11

Luminous Rest: The Tallis Scholars sing Tavener at the Proms

David Fay, 4th August

The Tallis Scholars and the Heath Quartet perform the music of John Tavener at the Royal Albert Hall, on the 100th anniversary of the start of Britain's involvement in the First World War.

*****

Heartfelt Schumann and stylish Brahms in Winchester

Katy S. Austin, 4th May

This Winchester Chamber Music Festival programme made a stab at being eclectic, with two sets of early 20th century Webern miniatures to start. Yet the meat was in two substantial Romantic works by Schumann and Brahms.

****1

Heath Quartet sparkles at Winchester’s Discovery Centre

David Truslove, 2nd May

Members of the London Bridge Ensemble and the Heath Quartet enthralled a capacity audience at the Discovery Centre in the fourth event of the Winchester Chamber Music Festival. The main focus this year was Beethoven and Schumann, the music selected to highlight their musical development at specific times in their careers.

****1

Wigmore Hall: Late Tippett

Chris Garlick, 17th January

A revelatory concert at Wigmore Hall of late works by Michael Tippett, featuring exemplary performances by Steven Osborne, Mark Padmore, Craig Ogden and the Heath Quartet.

*****

Heath Quartet make the sparks fly with Alban Berg in Edinburgh

Jeremy Morris, 4th February

Some of the best chamber concerts in Edinburgh are put on by the New Town Concerts Society. They feature performances by famous groups and also afford younger, less well-known ensembles an opportunity to reach a wider audience. The Heath Quartet falls somewhere between these categories, as they have been steadily gaining in recognition over the last five years or so.

***11

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Cynthia Wilson

Boston-born, educated at Concord Academy and Sarah Lawrence College, Cynthia Wilson studied harpsichord in Amsterdam. She has performed, taught and held significant management positions: public radio, Philips Hall, Rotterdam Philharmonic. Wilson subsequently founded wwclassics: (arts) policy and (events) production. She recently published the biography of Menahem Pressler (Beaux Arts Trio).