Bruce Brubaker plays Alvin Curran at Kings Place

By Paul Kilbey, 24 May 2013

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Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall Two, London on 19 May 2013

Glass, Mad Rush

Muhly, Drones & Piano (UK première)

Glass, Étude no. 4 (1994 version)

Glass, Étude no. 5 (1994 version)

Brubaker, Stolen Symphonies (live piano improvisation with music by Tristan Perich, Leif Inge & Francesco Tristano)

Mazzoli, Orizzonte

Curran, Hope Street Tunnel Blues III (UK première)

Bruce Brubaker, Piano

Glass dans le miroir de Brubaker

Roland Duclos, 2nd February

Bruce Brubaker bien plus que lecteur, se fait acteur en mettant en scène l’inconscient de ce monde flottant qui nous habite et résonne en nous, au plus profond et que révèle Philip Glass.

*****

Russian Spring: Elder and the Hallé reunite in glorious style

Leighton Jones, 7th May

The music of Glinka, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky fills Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall with mystery, intrigue and jollity.

****1

Classical grace and Romantic eloquence from the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 7th May

The contrasting delights of Schumann, Brahms and Dvořák are powerfully evoked in performances of charm, eloquence and high drama from the Philharmonia, continuing the orchestra’s 80th anniversary celebrations.

****1

Spacious Prokofiev from Seong-Jin Cho and the Munich Philharmonic

SangKwon Lee, 6th May

Seong-Jin Cho’s premise in Prokofiev is compelling – to reconcile Russian gravitational attack and monumental construction with clarity, colour and contrapuntal legibility.

***11

Marc-André Hamelin surveys two centuries of piano sonatas

Sam Jacobson, 5th May

From Haydn and Beethoven to Weinberg and Rachmaninov, Marc-André Hamelin reveals the piano sonata as a form of breadth, flexibility and expressive power.

****1

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

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.