Spirit of the Dance: Ensari and Schuch at the Istanbul Music Festival

By Gavin Dixon, 10 June 2017

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“this grand master of the classical tradition could have learned a thing or two from Manav”

Reviewed at Bomontiada, Istanbul on 10 June 2017

Brahms, Waltzes for Piano, Op.39

Hindemith, 8 Waltzes, Drei wunderschöne Mädchen im Schwarzwald, Op.6

Schubert, Fantasia for piano 4 hands in F minor, D.940

Schubert, Allegro "Lebensstürme", D.947

Özkan Manav, Two Anatolian Dances

Gülru Ensari, Piano

Herbert Schuch, Piano

Dorukhan Doruk, Cello

IMS Prussia Cove autumn tour delights at St George's Bristol

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 30th September

The second of five concerts in the (deep breath) Autumn 2013 International Music Seminar Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music Tour saw the musicians giving their all for a BBC Radio 3 recording at the acoustically sensitive St George’s Bristol.It’s not often that you see such an age range among musicians taking to the stage.

****1

Michael Sanderling lässt in die russische Seele blicken

David Renke, 21st April

Die Münchner Philharmoniker boten unter Michael Sanderling ein packendes Programm mit Beethoven und Schostakowitsch. Die Symphonie Nr. 13 "Babij Jar" konnte dabei den nachhaltigsten Eindruck hinterlassen.

***11

Cello Octet resounds at the Hagia Eirene

Gavin Dixon, 11th June

Berlin Philharmonic cellists combine with Turkish counterparts for a dazzling performance in Istanbul.

*****

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

Yuja Wang with the Mahler CO: between lyricism and volatility

Edward Sava-Segal, 1st May

Yuja Wang and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra frame Chopin’s E minor concerto with two Prokofiev works, the First Symphony and Second Piano Concerto.

****1

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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Gavin Dixon

Gavin Dixon is a writer, journalist and editor specialising in classical music. He writes for publications such as Gramophone, Classical Music and BBC Music Magazine. Gavin has a PhD on the symphonies of Alfred Schnittke and is a member of the editorial team for the “Alfred Schnittke Collected Works” edition. His website is here.