Giltburg’s Wigmore waltzes: noble, sentimental... and terminal

By Roy Westbrook, 05 October 2021

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“not so much a way to start a concert as to detonate it into life”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 4 October 2021

Prokofiev, Piano Sonata no. 6 in A major, Op.82

Ravel, Valses nobles et sentimentales

Ravel, La Valse

Schumann, Carnaval, Op.9

Brahms, 6 Pieces for Piano: Intermezzo in A major, Op.118 no.2

Rachmaninov, Prelude in G sharp minor, Op.32 no.12

Boris Giltburg, Piano

Anja Bihlmaier conducts a powerful NSO programme in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 5th December

Scintillating Mozart meets soul-searching Bruckner as Anja Bihlmaier and the NSOI deliver a programme of vivid contrasts and compelling musical storytelling.

****1

Giltburg and Foster celebrate the Philharmonia’s 80th birthday

Nick Boston, 17th November

Boris Giltburg emphasising the expression in not one but two piano concertos, with commanding performances from Lawrence Foster and the Philharmonia.

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Intense Rachmaninov and illuminating Shostakovich in Gateshead

Nick Butters, 11th April

The Hallé’s Principal Conductor, Kahchun Wong, dances his way through an authoritative account of Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony at the Glasshouse, Gateshead.

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Giltburg’s Beethoven enlightens the dark between Berg and Stravinsky

Roy Westbrook, 26th January

Vasily Petrenko frames his Royal Philharmonic Orchestra programme with Berg and Stravinsky, with Boris Giltburg playing Beethoven's Emperor Concerto in between.

****1

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra head to “London Town”

David Truslove, 21st February

An evening of two halves, each demonstrating different facets of conductor, soloist and orchestra in performances of Brahms and Vaughan Williams.

****1

From introspection to intoxication: the range of Boris Giltburg

Asher Rubenstein, 16th December

The Russian-Israeli pianist serves up a richly varied mezze of 38 Chopin and Rachmaninov preludes at Wigmore Hall.

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Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.