The Grand Tour

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

Saariaho’s Notes on Light receives its Berlin premiere

Elena Luporini, 29th April

Sakari Oramo and Annsi Karttunen bring Northern lights and folklore to the Philharmonie, closing on a touch of Czech optimism with Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony.

***11

Steve Reich at 90 celebrated in Liverpool

Pwyll ap Sion, 29th April

A compelling concert at Liverpool’s Tung Auditorium offers a striking Josephine Stephenson’s UK premiere, dazzling John Adams and Steve Reich’s mesmerising Reich/Richter.

*****

Requiem to a troubled genius at the Southbank’s Multitudes

Chris Garlick, 29th April

As part of the Southbank Centre's Multitudes festival, Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen offers a multimedia tribute to the life and creative vision of the iconic British fashion designer.

****1

Dazzling Prokofiev from Alim Beisembayev and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 26th April

In an all-Russian programme in Liverpool, Alim Beisembayev gives a breathtaking performance of Prokofiev's fiendishly difficult Second Piano Concerto.

****1

A Evgeny Kissin tour de force in Boston

Kevin Wells, 25th April

Andrey Boreyko makes an impressive debut with the Boston Symphony, where Evgeny Kissin performs in not one, but two piano concertos.

****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.