Risk and reward: Marmen Quartet in Sheffield

By Phil Parker, 25 March 2023

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“the Marmens succeeded in wringing every last drop of turbulent yearning and passion”

Reviewed at Upper Chapel, Sheffield on 24 March 2023

Mozart, String Quartet in E flat major, K428 (K421b)

Janáček, String Quartet no. 2, "Intimate Letters"

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 8 in E minor, "Razumovsky", Op.59 no.2

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Marmen and Viano String Quartets split First Prize at Banff

Laurence Vittes, 1st September

Three young string quartets competing for first prize at the the13th Banff International String Quartet Competition played so well that they took the jurors into double overtime.

Reexperimentación de la música clásica: Cuartetos Marmen & Diotima

Maria Sánchez, 18th September

Quatuor Diotima y Marmen Quartet festejaron la consagración del repertorio clásico reformulado desde una nueva escucha, con una opera prima de por medio

*****

Concertos – for violin and for orchestra – from the Hallé

Peter Connors, 22nd March

Viktoria Mullova is a superb soloist in Brahms' Violin Concerto, while an orchestra full of soloists play Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra with Kahchun Wong presiding.

*****

Kristiina Poska makes an exciting return to conduct the RSNO

Simon Thompson, 20th March

Kristiina Poska directs the RSNO in gripping Tchaikovsky and Pärt, but words and music only occasionally match in Elena Langer's new song cycle.

***11

Guitars, electronics and ancient treatises: the JACK Quartet at 92NY

Kurt Gottschalk, 20th March

At 92NY, the JACK Quartet performs four new works developed in their JACK Studio, including a commissioned premiere from the electrifying Tristan Perich.

****1

Chopin and Franck reframed with elegance and insight in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 20th March

In Dublin, Jean-Luc Tingaud and Louis Lortie bring clarity and purpose to two composers often ill at ease with the orchestra.

****1

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Phil Parker

Phil is a retired A-level English teacher who is now able to devote his life to things he really wants to do with his time. These include, but are not limited to: writing short fiction (his first collection, Girl with Fan, was published in late 2023), singing, creating programme notes for his choir’s concerts, volunteering, cooking, reading, and attending all home games at his beloved Manchester City. Alongside these is listening to classical music (live, on disc and on the radio), a lifetime’s love of which was sparked at the age of 11 when he discovered Haydn.