Ibragimova thrills in splendid Bantry closer

By Michael Roddy, 10 July 2018

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Reviewed at Bantry House, Bantry on 8 July 2018

Yun, Together for Violin and Double Bass (Vähälä/de Groot)

Brahms, Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor, Op.108 (Ibragimova/Tiberghien)

Franck, Violin Sonata in A major (Ibragimova/Tiberghien)

Brahms, String Sextet no. 2 in G major, Op.36

Elina Vähälä, Violin

Niek de Groot, Double Bass

Alina Ibragimova, Violin

Cédric Tiberghien, Piano

Andreas Reiner, Violin

Mairéad Hickey, Violin

Simone van der Giessen, Viola

Dana Zemtsov, Viola

Andreas Brantelid, Cello

Ella van Poucke, Cello

Cédric Pescia, Piano

Absolute conviction: Alina Ibragimova and friends

Chris Garlick, 6th April

Alina Ibragimova and friends join forces at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in two powerful chamber works composed at the height of the Second World War.

****1

Sensational Franco-Russian evening from Kobekina and Tiberghien

Susannah Moody, 9th January

Anastasia Kobekina and Cedric Tiberghien treat Wigmore Hall to a night of flair, flitting between their two homelands.

*****

From life to death: Strauss frames Karina Canellakis' LPO programme

Roy Westbrook, 25th October

Richard Strauss, self-styled "first-class second-rate" composer, has been having a moment in London with several tone poems on show.

****1

Ibragimova, Tiberghien and the Doric Quartet offer Gallic delights

Mark Valencia, 30th March

From the tragically short-lived Guillaume Lekeu to Ernest Chausson's big-boned Concert via Debussy's sole string quartet, a tremendous evening at Wigmore Hall.

****1

Celebratory Mozart and glittering Ravel light up Singapore

Chang Tou Liang, 11th November

Cédric Tiberghien and Carlos Kalmar dispel the gloom with performances to delight the ear.

****1

Robust performances from Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien

David Truslove, 5th October

Powerfully communicated accounts of early 20th century, Gallic-permeated music combining the familiar with the rarely heard.

****1

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Michael Roddy

Michael Roddy is a freelance journalist based in Ireland who formerly covered the arts and entertainment world, as well as general and economic news, for Thomson Reuters. He has interviewed many of the world's leading conductors, singers and composers and has covered and reviewed operas, concerts and festivals throughout Europe.

Ibragimova thrills in Franck sonata in splendid Bantry closer