Destination Lockenhaus: mecca for lesser-known musical gems

By Alexandra Ivanoff, 14 July 2015

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“The Octet’s compositional electricity... is propelled like hot lava”

Reviewed at Kirche, Lockenhaus, Lockenhaus on 9 July 2015

Killmayer, Paradise, for two pianos

Dvořák, Piano Trio no. 3 in F minor, Op.65

Enescu, String Octet in C major, Op.7

Cristina Barbuti, Piano

Alexander Lonquich, Piano

Vilde Frang, Violin

Nicolas Altstaedt, Cello

Latica Honda-Rosenberg, Violin

Christoph Koncz, Violin

Eszter Osztrosits, Violin

Pablo Hernán Benedí, Violin

James Boyd, Viola

Lily Francis, Viola

Sebastian Klinger, Cello

Nicolas Altstaedt and Alexander Lonquich survey Beethoven

Mark Thomas, 15th June

Nicolas Altstaedt and Alexander Lonquich give Beethoven’s cello sonatas a chance to breathe in a thoughtful and accomplished performance of all five at Wigmore Hall.

****1

Modernist Mozart at the end of time: Tetzlaff at 92Y

David Allen, 20th April

It’s easiest to describe Christian Tetzlaff’s approach to playing the violin by what he isn’t trying to do. He is not trying to play as beautifully as possible, in the conventional sense. He is not trying to sound like a nightingale, soaring long, honeyed lines above an accompaniment.

****1

Holliger's here!

Helen Fraser, 23rd March

Oboist. Composer. Conductor. Heinz Holliger is all of these things and more, and this week Britain has a chance to find out what makes this man such an enormous figure in contemporary music. Holliger and friends are at King’s Place all week, with Holliger featuring in all of his many roles.

Ziemlich beste Freunde: Christian Tetzlaff und Alexander Lonquich

Sebastian Urmoneit, 16th November

Das Konzert im Pierre Boulez Saal entwickelte sich zu einem Dialog wie ein Gespräch unter Freunden.

****1

Fährnisse klassischer Kammermusik im modernen Konzertsaal

Rolf Kyburz, 18th November

Nicolas Altstaedt begeisterte mit subtilem Spiel und leichter Artikulation. So richtig wollte dieses jedoch nicht zum modernen Konzertflügel passen, selbst bei Alexander Lonquichs umsichtiger Begleitung.

***11

Fehlende Balance: Carolin Widmann in Schaffhausen

Rolf Kyburz, 23rd September

Im Schlusssatz stimmten die Gewichte: wo Caroline Widmann die wunderbare Kantilene vom Piano übernahm, ließ ihr Alexander Lonquich selbst in con sordino Passagen genügend Raum – klar der Höhepunkt vor der Pause!

***11

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Alexandra Ivanoff

Alexandra Ivanoff is an American journalist who, after singing for five seasons with the San Francisco Opera, lived for eight years in Istanbul, where she began her career as a music journalist with Time Out magazine and Today's Zaman newspaper in that city. After one year in Berlin and now in Budapest, she reviews from various cities and festivals in Europe, as well as Istanbul, New York, and Los Angeles. She has degrees in music from the Eastman School of Music in NY and Yale University Graduate School of Music.