Ibragimova, Tiberghien and the Doric Quartet offer Gallic delights

By Mark Valencia, 01 April 2022

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“chamber music, yes, but as a harmony of sounds it was a symphony”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 30 March 2022

Lekeu, Violin Sonata in G major

Debussy, String Quartet in G minor, Op.10

Chausson, Concert in D major for violin, piano and string quartet, Op.21

Alina Ibragimova, Violin

Cédric Tiberghien, Piano

Doric String Quartet

The Doric Quartet spans the emotional spectrum in idyllic Bradfield

Phil Parker, 24th June

The temporary loss of their first violin holds no fears for the Doric Quartet in this richly satisfying concert of playful Haydn and driven Beethoven at the Bradfield Festival.

****1

Adrenalin-fuelled Bartók from the Doric String Quartet at Snape

Mark Valencia, 10th June

The Doric String Quartet plays all six of Béla Bartók's quartets in one day at this year's Aldeburgh Festival.

*****

Scintillating Britten at Snape Maltings

Mark Valencia, 20th October

Six concerts of Suffolk’s finest home-grown produce garnished with side orders of Mozart, Copland and Elgar.

*****

Perfect Haydn, Dean and Dvořák from the Doric String Quartet at the Dresden Music Festival

Max Woods, 31st May

The Palais im Großen Garten in Dresden is an interesting place to perform classical music. It’s completely unlike any other concert venue, with its wholly dilapidated interior projecting an image of lost grandeur. In many ways this is perfect for a classical music concert, especially chamber music.

*****

Absolute conviction: Alina Ibragimova and friends

Chris Garlick, 6th April

Alina Ibragimova and friends join forces at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in two powerful chamber works composed at the height of the Second World War.

****1

Sensational Franco-Russian evening from Kobekina and Tiberghien

Susannah Moody, 9th January

Anastasia Kobekina and Cedric Tiberghien treat Wigmore Hall to a night of flair, flitting between their two homelands.

*****

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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.

Ibragimova, Tiberghien and the Doric String Quartet offer Gallic delights