Gallic pleasures at Wigmore Hall

By Mark Valencia, 14 January 2018

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“mesmerising eloquence and discreet panache”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 13 January 2018

Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Arr Benno Sachs)

Vierne, Deux pièces Op. 5

Debussy, Beau soir (Arr for viola and piano)

Honnoré, Morceau de concert Op.23

Duparc, L'Invitation au voyage

Duparc, Phidylé

Debussy, Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (Arr. Colin Matthews)

Ravel, Chansons madécasses

Ravel, String Quartet in F major

Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Mezzo-soprano

Nash Ensemble

Lawrence Power, Viola

Ian Brown, Piano

The Nash Ensemble celebrates Amelia Freedman at Wigmore Hall

Roy Westbrook, 2nd February

This Memorial Concert, given by the Nash Ensemble at Wigmore Hall, unites both the group and the venue closely associated with Amelia Freedman’s distinguished career as an arts administrator.

****1

Nash Inventions: a sonic feast for six decades

Christopher Woodley, 18th March

Martyn Brabbins and Claire Booth are among the Nash Ensemble's regular collaborators celebrating the group’s 60th Anniversary, marked by four world premieres.

****1

Late night lunaire: Schoenberg's Pierrot with Claire Booth

Roy Westbrook, 21st June

A midsummer night but no moonshine for this madness in the Britten Studio.

****1

Nash Ensemble’s Inventions evoke vivid landscapes and sombre memories

Christopher Woodley, 26th March

Fine performances from Claire Booth and Nash Ensemble conjure up the dramatic landscapes of Andalusia, the Hebrides and the wilds of southern Wisconsin, as portrayed by Harrison Birtwistle and Simon Holt.

****1

A double act: Roderick Williams delivers Mahler two ways

Alexander Hall, 19th November

Robert and Clara were not the only two-composer family. So were Alma and Gustav. The Nash Ensemble's latest programme highlights Beethoven and the Romantics.

***11

Defiantly alive Dvořák and joyful Schubert from the Nash Ensemble

Nick Boston, 8th February

The Nash Ensemble performs Dvořák's Piano Quartet no. 2 at Wigmore Hall, followed by a joyful rendition of Schubert's Trout Quintet.

****1

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.

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