Into the night: memorable Schoenberg from the Mullova Ensemble

Ching-Ying Chien and the Mullova Ensemble

Viktoria Mullova

Ching-Ying Chien and Matthew Barley

The Mullova Ensemble

By David Truslove, 20 October 2023

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“its emotional dramas, internal monologues and private fears vividly conveyed”

Reviewed at University of Southampton: Turner Sims, Southampton on 19 October 2023

Morris, Transfigured Night

Debussy, Fêtes Galantes I: Clair de lune

Strauss R., Waldseligkeit (Woodland Bliss), Op.49 no.1

Bartók, Duos for 2 Violins, Sz 98

Janáček, String Quartet no. 2, "Intimate Letters" (Moderato)

Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op.4

Ching-Ying Chien, Dancer

Joshua Junker, Choreography

Mullova Ensemble

Viktoria Mullova, Violin

Lisa Rieder, Violin

Nils Mönkemeyer, Viola

Kinga Wojdalska, Viola

Peteris Sokolovskis, Cello

Matthew Barley, Cello, Director

Thikra: Night of Remembering – past voices shaping our present

Daniel Pratt, 29th October

Akram Khan in concentrated colour, setting the darkness chiming with Thikra: Night of Remembering at London's Sadler's Wells.

****1

ENB's Emerging Dancer: tackling challenges like seasoned professionals

Amanda Jennings, 24th May

English National Ballet's annual Emerging Dancer Award, a popular date in the company's calendar, is always brimming with nervous excitement. The 2024 edition was no exception.

****1

Akram Khan's Until the Lions at The Roundhouse

John O'Dwyer, 12th January

Akram Khan re-imagines a story from the Mahabharata by combining techniques of Indian classical dance and contemporary dance in a 360-degree setting.

***11

Intense Schubert and Ravel from the Mullova trio

Simon Holden, 16th September

A case of musical minds being in particularly close interpretative sync, revealing the music not through showy display but through restrained but intense concentration.

****1

Lords and ladies of the dance: the LPO and Orozco-Estrada

Alexander Hall, 28th November

Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the LPO offer an eclectic and unusual mix of works which, despite commendable playing, never quite added up to a satisfying whole.

****1

Plumbing the depths of Tavener

Danny Riley, 2nd December

The City of London Sinfonia presents an absorbing account of Tavener's musical ecumenicism.

****1

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David Truslove

After many years as a musician – conducting choirs, singing as a lay clerk at Winchester Cathedral and an involvement in education, David now writes programme notes, occasionally composes and enjoys a busy schedule of reviewing.

Into the night: memorable Schoenberg from the Mullova Ensemble at Turner Sims