Birthday offering: less than vintage Mozart

By Mark Pullinger, 28 January 2015

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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 27 January 2015

Mozart, Violin Sonata in F major, K376 (K374d)

Mozart, Sonata in B flat major for Harpsichord, Violin (Flute) and Cello, K15

Mozart, Violin Sonata in A major, K402 (incomplete)

Mozart, Violin Sonata in C major, K6

Mozart, Violin Sonata in D major, K29

Mozart, Violin Sonata in G major, K9

Mozart, Violin Sonata in D major, K7

Mozart, Violin Sonata in A major, K305 (K293d)

Alina Ibragimova, Violin

Cédric Tiberghien, Piano

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.

*****

From life to death: Strauss frames Karina Canellakis' LPO programme

Roy Westbrook, 25th October

Richard Strauss, self-styled "first-class second-rate" composer, has been having a moment in London with several tone poems on show.

****1

Ibragimova, Tiberghien and the Doric Quartet offer Gallic delights

Mark Valencia, 30th March

From the tragically short-lived Guillaume Lekeu to Ernest Chausson's big-boned Concert via Debussy's sole string quartet, a tremendous evening at Wigmore Hall.

****1

Celebratory Mozart and glittering Ravel light up Singapore

Chang Tou Liang, 11th November

Cédric Tiberghien and Carlos Kalmar dispel the gloom with performances to delight the ear.

****1

Robust performances from Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien

David Truslove, 5th October

Powerfully communicated accounts of early 20th century, Gallic-permeated music combining the familiar with the rarely heard.

****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Birthday offering: Ibragimova and Tiberghien serve up less than vintage Mozart