Consequential Beach and Dvořák chamber pieces at Garth Newel

By Phillip Nones, 20 July 2019

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“the players treated each of the variations as its own special adventure”

Reviewed at Garth Newel Music Center: Herter Hall, Warm Springs on 20 July 2019

Dvořák, String Sextet in A Major, Op.48

Beach, Quintet in F sharp minor for piano and strings, Op.67

Garth Newel Piano Quartet

Judith Ingólfsson, Violin

Mozart, Ravel and Héritte-Viardot at Garth Newel

Phillip Nones, 21st July

Garth Newel's “Classic Masterpieces” weekend concludes with masterful Mozart, remarkable Ravel and a Héritte-Viardot number that's a hoot-and-a-half.

****1

A gastronomical and musical French feast

Phillip Nones, 30th April

The Garth Newel Piano Quartet presented a "French Feast" of delectable chamber works by Ravel, Chausson and Florent Schmitt that was a gastronomical as well as musical triumph.

****1

Subtle magic: Zubin Mehta’s celebrates his 90th birthday in Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 3rd May

Zubin Mehta celebrates his 90th birthday with a concert at the Staatsoper Berlin.

*****

LA Phil celebrates the California spirit with Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Cameron Kelsall, 3rd May

The program features Maria Dueñas in Korngold's Violin Concerto and a moving tribute to LA native Michael Tilson Thomas

****1

Denis Kozhukhin: captivating storytelling with the London Symphony

Clare Varney, 1st May

At the Konzerthaus Dortmund, Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO are joined by Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin to plunge into the depths of despair in Bernstein’s melancholic The Age of Anxiety.

***11

BBC Philharmonic’s bold but unbalanced Stravinsky and Adams

Leighton Jones, 1st May

Balance issues mar an otherwise compelling programme from John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

***11

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Phillip Nones

Phillip Nones studied piano from age six, also playing percussion in educational and civic groups before moving to a rural area of the USA in 1990, where performance opportunities were few. Recently he has started performing again, participating in “side-by-side” orchestra performances and playing percussion in the World Doctors' Orchestra. His personal collection of music includes over 5,000 classical albums in all formats (CDs, LPs, 78s), plus downloads. In his professional life, he heads up a marketing communications firm in the state of Maryland. He blogs about the French composer Florent Schmitt here.