Staggering musicianship and maturity from Federico Colli

By David Truslove, 06 February 2015

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“it was Colli’s towering virtuosity in the mercurial “Scarbo” that dazzled ”

Reviewed at University of Southampton: Turner Sims, Southampton on 5 February 2015

Mozart, 6 Variations on "Salve tu, Domine", K398 (K416e)

Schubert, Four Impromptus, D.935

Scriabin, Piano Sonata no. 10, Op.70

Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit

Federico Colli, Piano

Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony overshadows Colli debut

David Pinedo, 12th July

A performance by Leo van Doeselaar on the Concertgebouw’s Maarschalkerweerd Organ in Saint-Saëns’ Symphony no. overshadows all else in the Concertgebouw.

***11

Of Parisian taxis and fairy tales

Julia Zupancic, 11th April

Kees Bakels and the Orchestra of Opera North perform Gershwin, Shostakovich, Ravel and Stravinsky at Leeds Town Hall.

***11

Genial Nielsen from the BBC SO and Sakari Oramo

Mark Pullinger, 16th January

Carl Nielsen’s lively, genial nature permeated the whole performance of his "Espansiva" Symphony last night at the Barbican.

***11

Les épopées sans élan de l'ONDIF, Case Scaglione et Federico Colli

Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 14th January

Dans un programme constitué de trois œuvres russes du XXe siècle (de Chostakovitch, Rachmaninov et Prokofiev), il a manqué l'étincelle, le feu qui font les grandes soirées.

**111

Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

**111

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

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David Truslove

After many years as a musician – conducting choirs, singing as a lay clerk at Winchester Cathedral and an involvement in education, David now writes programme notes, occasionally composes and enjoys a busy schedule of reviewing.