A welcome set of farewells: Elisabeth Brauß at Wigmore Hall

Elisabeth Brauß

By Roy Westbrook, 03 December 2024

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“hearing Elisabeth Brauß play it here, I now know the composer told us the plain truth”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 2 December 2024

Bach, Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, (On the departure of a most beloved brother), BWV992

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 26 in E flat major "Les Adieux", Op.81a

Schumann, Geistervariationen in E flat major, "Ghost Variations", WoO 24

Prokofiev, Piano Sonata no. 7 in B flat major, Op.83

Schumann, Waldszenen: Abschied, Op.82 no.9

Elisabeth Brauß, Piano

Watery worlds, rhythmic fire from Brauß and Hickox with the BBC

Leighton Jones, 7th February

Elisabeth Brauß excels in Ravel with the BBC Philharmonic and brings and unexpected encore.

****1

Elisabeth Brauß brings sensitive insights at Wigmore Hall

Linda Holt, 12th October

As part of Wigmore Hall's autumn series, German pianist Elisabeth Brauß performed works of three centuries with maturity, elegance, and finesse.

****1

Successful resurrection of Farrenc's Third Symphony by Insula Orchestra

Dominic Lowe, 8th March

There's a strong chance that the majority of the audience had never seen Louise Farrenc's Third Symphony before; conductor Laurence Equilbey made a strong case for repeat performances.

****1

Le sombre récital d'Elisabeth Brauß à Piano aux Jacobins

Thibault d'Hauthuille, 16th September

De Bach à Prokofiev en passant par Mendelssohn, Liszt et Brahms, la jeune pianiste allemande a relevé le défi d'un programme dense, sans toutefois convaincre dans toutes les pièces.

***11

Dazzling Prokofiev from Alim Beisembayev and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 26th April

In an all-Russian programme in Liverpool, Alim Beisembayev gives a breathtaking performance of Prokofiev's fiendishly difficult Second Piano Concerto.

****1

A Evgeny Kissin tour de force in Boston

Kevin Wells, 25th April

Andrey Boreyko makes an impressive debut with the Boston Symphony, where Evgeny Kissin performs in not one, but two piano concertos.

****1

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Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.