An evening of cello quintets at Kings Place

By Nahoko Gotoh, 27 September 2017

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“his accompanying pizzicato in the first movement was so resonant that I was in pizzicato heaven!”

Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall One, London on 23 September 2017

Boccherini, La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid in C major, Op.30 no.6, G 324

Borodin, String Quartet no. 2 in D major

Schubert, String Quintet in C major, D.956

Brodsky Quartet

Antonio Meneses, Cello

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Zoltán Szabó, 23rd April

In a problematic acoustic environment, the Brodsky Quartet's sound did not always live up to the expectations.

***11

Profoundly moving Shostakovich cycle marks the Brodsky's 50th

Nick Boston, 29th October

The Brodsky Quartet deliver deeply moving performances of all 15 Shostakovich string quartets, with added value and insight from writers Elizabeth Wilson and Marina Frolova-Walker.

*****

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.

*****

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Phil Parker, 27th June

The accumulated experience of over 160 years of quartet playing is revealed in an intensity of passion undimmed by the passage of time in this exhilarating concert by the Brodskys.

*****

Exploring the fugue with the Brodsky Quartet in Auckland

Simon Holden, 13th May

This was a true tour de force and a fitting climax to a rather miraculous examination of counterpoint through musical history.

****1

High intensity from the Brodsky Quartet

Hedy Mühleck, 24th March

Viennese classics from the Brodsky Quartet in Leamington Spa.

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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.