The Grand Tour | Bachtrack

By Helen Fraser, 24 January 2011

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Reviewed at Smith Square Hall, London on 22 January 2011

Rodrigo, Fantasía para un gentilhombre (Fantasy for a Nobleman)

Berlioz, Harold en Italie, Op.16

Brahms, Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, Op.15

I Maestri

George Hlawiczka, Conductor

Jean-Louis Gosselin, Conductor

Sam Cave, Guitar

Mariam Ruetschi, Viola

Marianna Prjevalskaya, Piano

Apartment House’s day of delight, insight and excellence

Christopher Woodley, 13th April

At Wigmore Hall, Apartment House entertains and delights in a day of concerts, while Elaine Mitchener finds her voice in impressive style.

****1

Andris Nelsons and the BSO arrive in New York, with baggage in tow

Cameron Kelsall, 9th April

In his first New York appearance since the termination of his contract as BSO Music Director, Nelsons courts public sympathy and makes some thrilling music.

***11

Nelson Goerner shines with the CBSO and Rachmaninov's Rhapsody

Robert Gainer, 9th April

The CBSO present the work of three European émigré composers of the 1930s and 40s, who reimagined their musical influences with contrasting approaches and results.

****1

Karabits and Szeps-Znaider carouse with the LPO

Christopher Woodley, 8th April

The sparkle of Max Bruch's Fecond Violin Concerto and the drama of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony overcome the gloom of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s dark forebodings.

****1

Savall conducts Beethoven and Haydn at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 3rd April

Beethoven's Christus am Ölberge is paired with Haydn's Die sieben letzten Worte, a journey from agony to transcendence in which the agony proves the more honest companion.

***11

Portraits and pictures from Ibragimova, Gardner and the LPO

Roy Westbrook, 1st April

From Three Screaming Popes to Pictures at an Exhibition, a pair of works inspired by paintings frame a violin concerto by Béla Bartók at London's Southbank Centre.

****1

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Helen Fraser

Helen is an oboist at the Royal College of Music. She is delighted to be based in London and so able to take advantage of the wide variety of concerts the city provides. She also loves to teach and is keen to use this and every other opportunity to interest new people in classical music.