Through the Eyes of the Cello: Music Revisited

By Megan Beynon, 04 July 2011

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Reviewed at St Michael Cornhill, London on 28 June 2011

Beethoven, 7 Variations for cello and piano on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", WoO 46

Sculthorpe, Requiem for solo cello

Dvořák, From the Bohemian Forest (Ze Sumavy): Silent Woods, Op.68 no.5

Bartók, Rhapsody no. 1 for Violin and Piano, Op.86

Nicolas Altstaedt, Cello

José Gallardo, Piano

Tender and mischievous: Ottensamer in London

Elisabeth Schwarz, 6th July

Ottensamer shared the stage at Wigmore Hall with pianist José Gallardo and together they took it by storm with the erupting scalar passages in the first movement of Weber’s Grand Duo concertant.

****1

Beethoven, Schubert und eine Gänsemutter an der Festival Academy Budapest

Rolf Kyburz, 11th June

Das Kelemen-Quartett überzeugte mit leichter Artikulation, einem weichen Ton und ausgezeichneter, sprechender Agogik und Dynamik, perfekter Koordination. Es agierte aus einem Geist, mit einer Seele.

****1

Gemma New the LPO: a blockbuster night on the Southbank

Susannah Moody, 12th November

The LPO tackled California wildfires and star-crossed lovers in a theatrical evening at the Royal Festival Hall.

*****

Revelatory Philharmonia debut from Tabita Berglund at the Anvil

David Truslove, 28th May

Superbly responsive performances of standard repertoire given a new lease of life by a young Norwegian conductor in Basingstoke.

*****

German efficiency, Hungarian goulash, Turkish delight

Peter Quantrill, 2nd June

A cello concerto by CPE Bach headlines Nicolas Altstaedt's appearance at the Istanbul Music Festival with the Munich Chamber Orchestra.

****1

Guggeis brings sensitivity to Strauss at the Staatsoper Berlin

Edward Sava-Segal, 6th May

A young conductor and a venerable orchestra unite in Berlin for three 20th-century works, covering vastly different soundscapes.

****1

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Megan Beynon

Megan's passion for music began aged two, learning piano and then cello, choral singing and piano accompaniment. She teaches piano, cello and singing and has a particular interest in using technology to create new educational models. In her spare time she treads the boards with her local musical theatre group.