Elektrostatic Focuses on Flutes in Bristol

By Edward Whitney, 22 May 2012

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Reviewed at Bristol Beacon: Hall 2, Bristol on 16 May 2012

Debussy, Syrinx

Bennett Thomas, Elegy for Tu Fu

Ambler, Lament for the Changing World

Hebb, Looking Back

Messiaen, Le Merle noir

Alena Lugovkina, Flute

Carla Rees, Bass Flute

Steven Kings, Piano

Joshua Batty, Flute

Concertos – for violin and for orchestra – from the Hallé

Peter Connors, 22nd March

Viktoria Mullova is a superb soloist in Brahms' Violin Concerto, while an orchestra full of soloists play Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra with Kahchun Wong presiding.

*****

Guitars, electronics and ancient treatises: the JACK Quartet at 92NY

Kurt Gottschalk, 20th March

At 92NY, the JACK Quartet performs four new works developed in their JACK Studio, including a commissioned premiere from the electrifying Tristan Perich.

****1

Kristiina Poska makes an exciting return to conduct the RSNO

Simon Thompson, 20th March

Kristiina Poska directs the RSNO in gripping Tchaikovsky and Pärt, but words and music only occasionally match in Elena Langer's new song cycle.

***11

Chopin and Franck reframed with elegance and insight in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 20th March

In Dublin, Jean-Luc Tingaud and Louis Lortie bring clarity and purpose to two composers often ill at ease with the orchestra.

****1

Jaap van Zweden and the Seoul Philharmonic’s measured Mahler 6

SangKwon Lee, 19th March

That last movement proves the evening’s true point of reckoning in the Seoul Philharmonic's performance of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony at Lotte Concert Hall.

****1

Shared language and living history: Zubin Mehta and the Vienna Phil

Chanda VanderHart, 19th March

Zubin Mehta, Pinchas Zukerman and the Vienna Philharmonic meet in repertoire they know intimately, illuminating it through mutual understanding.

*****

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Edward Whitney

Edward is a trombonist, writer and critic based in Reading. He has an interest in small-scale arts projects and assists with a number of grassroots music groups. He is a supporter of amateur music and participation at every level.