Compelling Henze and Larcher song cycles from Mark Padmore

By Zwölftöner, 23 April 2012

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Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Berio-Saal, Vienna on 18 April 2012

Henze, Six Songs from the Arabian

Larcher, A Padmore Cycle

Mark Padmore, Tenor

Andrew West, Piano

Mark Pullinger, 11th October

A deep-dive into the world of 14th-century Persian poet, Hafez, and his influence on song across the centuries.

****1

Laura Kate Wilson, 4th March

Since emerging from the Guildhall School of Music in the early 1990s, Roderick Williams has enjoyed a steady and critically acclaimed career.

Simon Thompson, 27th June

This year's East Neuk Festival features all three of Schubert's song cycles, but this Winterreise was the one that gripped the heart.

*****

Sarah Batschelet, 31st May

The Zurich Chamber Orchestra gives fine performances of works by three leading 20th-century British composers in Zurich’s Tonhalle.

****1

Roy Westbrook, 26th March

A moving St John Passion from the OAE, with direction shared between Margaret Faultless and tenor Mark Padmore.

*****

Roy Westbrook, 2nd April

This Evangelist had just come straight from Golgotha, where he had witnessed events so momentous he was compelled to recount them at once.

****1

Zwölftöner is a doctoral student based in Vienna, Austria. Interests include opera and orchestral, chamber, piano and contemporary music.