Re-imagining: A showcase for innovation at Kings Place

By Timmy Fisher, 22 October 2018

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“a lovingly crafted and deeply stimulating collection of performances”

Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall Two, London on 20 October 2018

Musgrave, In the Still of the Night

Lutyens, Echo of the Wind

Efthymiou, Iberian Refractions

Efthymiou, I'm Walking Here

Monteverdi, Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610: Domine ad adjuvandum me festina

Davis, Move

Davis, Boplicity

Davis, Moon Dreams

Vivaldi, Flute Concerto in G minor, Op.10 no. 2, RV 439 "La notte”

Works by Biber

Efthymiou, I Will Wait, But Not As I Run

Mark Gibbs, Viola

Iain Gibbs, Violin

David Larkin, Violin

Zeitgeist Chamber Orchestra

Sam Poppleton, Conductor

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

Nicholas McGegan brings delicacy and elegance to Mendelssohn

Erica Miner, 18th April

The Seattle Symphony offers an enchanting evening immersed in the joy and brilliance of both the young and the mature genius of Felix Mendelssohn.

****1

Picture postcard Spain from the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia

Phil Parker, 17th April

Vibrant, colourful music is played with every last ounce of enthusiasm as the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia rounds off its UK tour at Sheffield City Hall.

****1

Wrangling the octopus: Mahler’s Ninth with Sir Simon Rattle

Chanda VanderHart, 17th April

Less a symphony, more a force of nature, Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a turbulent, yet spacious reading of Mahler's Ninth Symphony in the Musikverein.

****1

Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams

Leighton Jones, 16th April

Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder provide an apt, if somewhat unexpected, partner to Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.

****1

Dependable Mozart and Mendelssohn from the RLPO

Glyn Mon Hughes, 16th April

Aurel Dawidziuk and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra explore darkness and light, although the drama does not always bringing the audience to the edge of its collective seat.

***11

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Timmy Fisher

Timmy read musicology at Durham University, studying composition with Richard Rijnvos. He has written for Gramophone and The Spectator, and composes for both film and the concert hall. He has a special interest in contemporary choral music, and co-hosts The Classical Music Pod with Sam Poppleton, available on iTunes and Spotify. Follow him on twitter at @timmy_fisher.

Re-imagining: A showcase for innovation, both old and new at Kings Place