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Love for the Piano: Freddy Kempf at St George’s Bristol

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 16 February 2012

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Reviewed at St George's Bristol, Bristol on 14 February 2012

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor "Pathétique", Op.13

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

Chopin, Ballade no. 4 in F minor, Op.52

Liszt, Cujus animam (transcribed from Rossini, Stabat Mater), S 553 no.1

Brahms, Waltzes for Piano, Op.39

Chopin, Ballade no. 3 in A flat major, Op.47

Freddy Kempf, Piano

Trampled by the Russian troika

Jane Shuttleworth, 26th January

The St Petersburg Philharmonic unleash all the unstoppable forces of Russian excess in a programme of Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev at Sage Gateshead.

****1

Staples of the Romantic repertoire from Freddy Kempf and the NCO

Aaron Davies, 28th September

Manchester's highly polished Northern Chamber Orchestra is joined by Freddy Kempf to deliver a highly enjoyable performance, full of vim and vigour.

****1

Prom 3: An inflated Prom to celebrate BBC Young Musicians

Olivia Bell, 15th July

With a smaller programme and a humbler premise, the stars of the show – those young, immensely talented performers – could have shone even brighter

***11

A not so brief encounter with the Moscow Phil

Mark Pullinger, 23rd May

An earthy – if slow – Pictures at an Exhibition from Yuri Simonov and the Moscow Philharmonic in Basingstoke is like a musical step back in time.

****1

Rage, revolution and redemption

George Slater-Walker, 18th June

Beethoven gets the mock-period treatment from Michael Sanderling and the Dresden Philharmonic in the first of three concerts at Cadogan Hall.

***11

A disappointing take on Beethoven

Simon Holden, 6th March

A disappointing take on three Beethoven masterpieces from Freddy Kempf and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

**111

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.