Sun shines in Cheltenham: Signum Quartet at Pittville Pump Room

By David Fay, 11 July 2013

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Reviewed at Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham on 9 July 2013

Britten, String Quartet no. 2 in C major, Op.36

Schubert, String Quintet in C major, D.956

Signum Quartet

Leonard Elschenbroich, Cello

All the rage: the Signum Quartet in Monte-Carlo

Nick Boston, 29th March

Energy and rage in Beethoven and van Dijk from the Signum Quartet at the Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo.

****1

Gefühlsstürme mit dem Signum Quartet in Bad Tölz

Michael Vieth, 1st February

Sentiment und Struktur: mit Mozart, Janáček und Brahms sowie einem rockigen Zugabenblock demonstrierte das Signum Quartet seine außerordentliche Qualität.

*****

Dramatic Dvořák 7 hits home in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 24th February

Elena Schwarz conducts the NSO in a rousing rendition of Dvořák's famous Seventh Symphony, while cellist Leonard Elschenbroich offers punchy Khachaturian.

***11

Unsettling Shostakovich from Anja Bihlmaier and the BBC Philharmonic

Peter Connors, 5th February

Anja Bihlmaier presents the scintillating Suite by Galina Ustvolskaya, an unsettling Shostakovich 9, which finds comedy and tragedy side by side, and then Dvořák’s heart-warming Cello Concerto with Leonard Elschenbroich.

****1

Four centuries of British music

Nick Boston, 9th August

Affecting Britten, distinctive Elias and popular Elgar, with a curio of arranged Purcell thrown in, from Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

***11

From Baroque'n'roll to contemporary at Kings Place

Marthe Lisson, 17th June

Leonard Elschenbroich joined with the 12 ensemble for an evening dedicated to the Suite italienne, a stroll through time though with a focus on contemporary composers.

***11

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David Fay

David studied Music and French at Bristol University and is now undertaking a PhD in Musicology. His specialism is religious music but his musical passions range from Alkaline Trio to Zadok the Priest.