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

*****

Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

**111

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

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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.