Érard-inspired chamber music salon at Suntory's Blue Rose

By Nahoko Gotoh, 27 June 2021

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“a beautifully maintained instrument that used to belong to a Paris salon”

Reviewed at Suntory Hall: Blue Rose (Small Hall), Tokyo on 25 June 2021

Grieg, Andante con moto in C minor for piano trio

Ravel, Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. posth.

Fauré, Piano Trio in D minor, Op.120

Bach, Violin partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV1002: Tempo di Borea (arr. Saint-Saëns)

Bach, Violin sonata no. 3 in C major, BWV1005: Largo (arr. Saint-Saëns)

Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

Saint-Saëns, Piano Trio No. 1 in F Major, Op.18

Naruhiko Kawaguchi, Piano

Akira Harada, Violin

Hitomi Niikura, Cello

Subtle magic: Zubin Mehta’s celebrates his 90th birthday in Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 3rd May

Zubin Mehta celebrates his 90th birthday with a concert at the Staatsoper Berlin.

*****

LA Phil celebrates the California spirit with Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Cameron Kelsall, 3rd May

The program features Maria Dueñas in Korngold's Violin Concerto and a moving tribute to LA native Michael Tilson Thomas

****1

Yuja Wang with the Mahler CO: between lyricism and volatility

Edward Sava-Segal, 1st May

Yuja Wang and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra frame Chopin’s E minor concerto with two Prokofiev works, the First Symphony and Second Piano Concerto.

****1

BBC Philharmonic’s bold but unbalanced Stravinsky and Adams

Leighton Jones, 1st May

Balance issues mar an otherwise compelling programme from John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

***11

Denis Kozhukhin: captivating storytelling with the London Symphony

Clare Varney, 1st May

At the Konzerthaus Dortmund, Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO are joined by Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin to plunge into the depths of despair in Bernstein’s melancholic The Age of Anxiety.

***11

Eric Lu brings scintillating Chopin to Singapore

Chang Tou Liang, 1st May

A world premiere by Wang Chenwei, familiar Chopin and a rare outing for Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta make for satisfying fare in Jahcun Wong’s Singapore Symphony programme.

****1

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.