A richly rewarding evening of diverse repertoire from Pike and Roscoe

By Mark Pullinger, 24 October 2020

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“Pike’s performance really dug into the earthy folk style of Rózsa’s homeland”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 24 October 2020

Penderecki, Capriccio for solo violin

Mozart, Violin Sonata in G major, K301 (K293a)

Kreisler, Praeludium and Allegro

Chopin, Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op.60

Debussy, Violin Sonata in G minor

Rózsa, Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song, Op. 4

Gershwin, Porgy and Bess: It ain't necessarily so (trans. Heifetz)

Jennifer Pike, Violin

Martin Roscoe, Piano

One last time: Tasmin Little bids farewell to the Southbank Centre

Stephen Pritchard, 22nd October

Little had planned to quit in August, but Covid-19 threw all her concert plans into disarray, but last night took a significant step towards the exit, bidding farewell to London’s Southbank Centre.

*****

The BBC Philharmonic say adiós to Mena

Leighton Jones, 9th June

In the climax of the season at Bridgewater Hall, the BBC Philharmonic bid a fond farewell to Juanjo Mena in an evening that blew off your sombrero.

*****

A feast of phenomenal pianism

Frances Wilson, 8th October

A remarkable evening of exceptionally fine pianism and inventive programming, featuring seven of the UK's leading pianists in rich and varied repertoire.

*****

Quartet of pianists go into bat for Ravel and Rachmaninov

Rohan Shotton, 24th April

Andrew Gourlay conducts the BBC Philharmonic in piano concertos by Ravel and Rachmaninov, with Noriko Ogawa, Martin Roscoe, Kathryn Stott and Martin Roscoe taking turns at the keyboard.

****1

Delius, Britten and Elgar from Tasmin Little and Martin Roscoe

Sam Wigglesworth, 7th February

Delius is a composer who is often misunderstood, the English pastoralism of works like On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring hardly representative of either his cosmopolitan life or the breadth of his output.

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BBC Philharmonic with Martin Roscoe and John Storgårds in Sibelius, Beethoven and Nielsen

Andrew H. King, 27th October

Since the end of September, the Manchester concert scene has been in full swing; performances from the city’s native and visiting ensembles (orchestral and chamber) are all speeding towards a diverse and exciting season of familiar and forgotten works in chamber recitals, orchestral concerts and opera. One especially well-represented composer this season is Finland’s Jean Sibelius.

***11

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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.

A richly rewarding evening from Jennifer Pike and Martin Roscoe at Wigmore Hall