Brahms Unwrapped: Natalie Clein plays the Cello Sonatas at Kings Place

By Emily Owen, 27 November 2012

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Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall One, London on 24 November 2012

Brahms, Cello Sonata no. 1 in E minor for Cello and Piano, Op.38

Brahms, Cello Sonata no. 2 in F major, Op.99

Natalie Clein, Cello

Katya Apekisheva, Piano

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Laurence Vittes, 31st July

Katya Apekisheva and friends made a persuasive case for Hummel's Piano Quintet to be heard as a transitional grand romantic concerto deserving of belonging in such august company.

*****

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Laurence Vittes, 28th July

With more than a hundred Academy students hanging over their seats at the side of the hall like their equivalents in The Red Shoes 70 years ago, nine of the world's finest musicians took on Schubert in Lisbon.

*****

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Still only in its second year, the London Piano Festival has already established itself as a major player in the capital’s music scene.

*****

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

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Katy Wright, 2nd May

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***11

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Emily Owen

A postgraduate student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama specialising in early music, Emily Owen is a freelance soprano, singing with numerous ensembles. She deputises in churches around London and also manages the newly formed London Youth Choir. Her website is here.