Palestrina meets Stravinsky: FifteenB Consort at the Herne Hill Festival

By Paul Kilbey, 18 October 2012

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Reviewed at St Faith's Church, London on 13 October 2012

Byrd, Sacerdotes domini

Palestrina, Missa Tu es Petrus

Arnold, Fantasy for Clarinet

Stadler, Caprice no. 2

Bruckner, Inveni David, motet, WAB 20

Stravinsky, Credo

Stanford, Beati Quorum Via, Op.38 no.3

Hugill, O Salutaris Hostia

Stravinsky, 3 Pieces for clarinet solo

Harvey, Three Etudes on Themes of Gershwin

Stravinsky, Pater noster

Stravinsky, Ave Maria

Hugill, Salve Regina

des Prez, Ave Maria

FifteenB Consort

Peter Cigleris, Clarinet

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Korngold and Mahler from Ray Chen, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

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Few violin concertos soar from the first bar as Erich Korngold’s does, especially as in Ray Chen's high-wire account at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.