West Cork Chamber Music Festival ends in style

By Michael Roddy, 08 July 2019

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Reviewed at Bantry House, Bantry on 7 July 2019

Hindemith, Kleine Kammermusik, Op.24 no.2 (Azahar Ensemble)

Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody no. 9 in E flat major "Carnival in Pest", S 244/9 (Alexi Grynyuk)

Kraggerud, Equinox Suite (Henning Kraggerud, Dénes Várjon)

Say, Sonata for violin and piano, Op.7 (Mairéad Hickey, Alexi Grynyuk)

Britten, Lachrymae for viola and piano, Op.48a (Ellen Nisbeth, Izabella Simon)

Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)

Ensemble Azahar

Alexei Grynyuk, Piano

Henning Kraggerud, Violin

Dénes Várjon, Piano

Mairéad Hickey, Violin

Ellen Nisbeth, Violin

Izabella Simon, Piano

Mate Bekavac, Clarinet

Laura van der Heijden, Cello

Azahar Ensemble y Judith Jáuregui

Maria Sánchez, 23rd February

Repertorio dedicado a las influencias y a las inspiraciones mutuas entre compositores españoles y franceses del siglo anterior, con una mirada fresca de estos jóvenes músicos de vocación cambrística.

****1

Major Mozart with Hungarian guests at the Singapore Symphony

Chang Tou Liang, 15th May

Gábor Káli and pianist Dénes Várjon appear with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra for a last hurrah before another pandemic shutdown.

*****

Bouquets in an empty hall: Concerto Budapest's Beethoven Day

Zoltán Szabó, 28th November

The marathon chamber concert leg of the Beethoven Day in Budapest's Liszt Academy featured artists such as Miklós Perényi, Dénes Várjon and the Hungarian Quartet.

****1

Mendelssohn multiplied at Wigmore Hall

Sophia Lambton, 24th July

Violinist Joshua Bell and cellist Steven Isserlis came together with three other players to showcase the composer’s chamber music.

**111

Franz Liszt: from exuberance to ascesticism

Frances Wilson, 7th October

An insightful and engaging talk by Alfred Brendel on Liszt's B minor Sonata was followed by an intelligent and colourful performance by pianist Dénes Varjon.

****1

Fine chamber playing from Budapest's visiting musicians in Edinburgh

Alan Coady, 14th August

A morning of wonderful and varied chamber music from the Budapest Festival Orchestra Soloists in Edinburgh.

****1

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Michael Roddy

Michael Roddy is a freelance journalist based in Ireland who formerly covered the arts and entertainment world, as well as general and economic news, for Thomson Reuters. He has interviewed many of the world's leading conductors, singers and composers and has covered and reviewed operas, concerts and festivals throughout Europe.

Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time ends West Cork Chamber Music Festival in style