Light and shadow: Inon Barnatan at Wigmore Hall

By George Slater-Walker, 26 May 2015

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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 24 May 2015

Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 18 in G major, D.894

Franck, Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

Currier, Glow (World première)

Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit

Inon Barnatan, Piano

Piano trios x 3 from Weilerstein, Jackiw and Barnatan at QEH

Roy Westbrook, 30th November

The classical equivalent to a pop “supergroup” assembles at the Southbank Centre for piano trios by Rachmaninov, Ravel and Beethoven.

****1

Seattle Chamber Music Society launches its 2025 summer festival

Thomas May, 6th July

The Seattle Chamber Music Society opens its 2025 summer festival with a program of striking emotional depth, musical refinement and rapturous ensemble connection.

****1

Eun Sun Kim makes dazzling Boston Symphony Orchestra debut

Kevin Wells, 8th March

Late-career works by Lyadov, Bartók and Rachmaninov dominated the program, which featured Inon Barnatan as piano soloist.

*****

Barnstorming performances from Inon Barnatan at Wigmore Hall

Chris Garlick, 6th October

Inon Barnatan hits the ground running with Ravel in his recital, concluding with his own transcription of Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances.

****1

Oksana Lyniv makes a dazzling Cleveland Orchestra debut

Frank Kuznik, 11th July

Oksana Lyniv gets the best out of The Cleveland Orchestra, treating the audience to spellbinding versions of charming fables.

*****

Mozart-lite and standard issue Bartók from Canellakis and Barnatan

Laurence Vittes, 27th April

Karina Canellakis comes along at just the right moment to see what a possible contender for the open LA Phil post could bring.

***11

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George Slater-Walker

George recently graduated with a BA in Music at Magdalen College Oxford and is now pursuing the life of a horn player in London and elsewhere. His particular interest lies in fin-de-siècle Austro-German music and art.