Nonclassical at Scala

By Jonathan Russell, 19 November 2013

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Reviewed at The Scala, London on 16 November 2013

Programme to include:

Reich, Drumming

Varèse, Ionisation, for percussion

Bartók, Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion, Sz.110

Crumb, Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III)

Cowell, Ostinato Pianissimo

Rust, Skeims

Cage, Credo in US

Cage, Child of Tree

Prokofiev, 9 Triangles

Roldán, Ritmica no. 1, for wind quintet and piano

Prokofiev, Import/Export, suite for global junk

Xenakis, Okho

Álvarez, Temazcal

Abass Dodoo One Drum, Drums

Shahbaz Hussain, Tabla

Southbank Gamelan Ensemble

Junk Orchestra, Percussion

Dumtak

Joji Hirota, Drums

Leon Michener, Piano

Steve Reich at 90 celebrated in Liverpool

Pwyll ap Sion, 29th April

A compelling concert at Liverpool’s Tung Auditorium offers a striking Josephine Stephenson’s UK premiere, dazzling John Adams and Steve Reich’s mesmerising Reich/Richter.

*****

Saariaho’s Notes on Light receives its Berlin premiere

Elena Luporini, 29th April

Sakari Oramo and Annsi Karttunen bring Northern lights and folklore to the Philharmonie, closing on a touch of Czech optimism with Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony.

***11

Requiem to a troubled genius at the Southbank’s Multitudes

Chris Garlick, 29th April

As part of the Southbank Centre's Multitudes festival, Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen offers a multimedia tribute to the life and creative vision of the iconic British fashion designer.

****1

Dazzling Prokofiev from Alim Beisembayev and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 26th April

In an all-Russian programme in Liverpool, Alim Beisembayev gives a breathtaking performance of Prokofiev's fiendishly difficult Second Piano Concerto.

****1

A Evgeny Kissin tour de force in Boston

Kevin Wells, 25th April

Andrey Boreyko makes an impressive debut with the Boston Symphony, where Evgeny Kissin performs in not one, but two piano concertos.

****1

Wretches like us: the LPO’s concert Wozzeck cuts to the quick

Peter Quantrill, 25th April

Beautifully prepared singing and playing brings out the tender side to Berg's modernist classic as part of the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival.

****1

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Jonathan Russell

Jonathan Russell is a London-based composer, clarinetist, conductor, and educator, active in music ranging from classical to contemporary to klezmer. He is a member of the Edmund Welles bass clarinet quartet and the Sqwonk bass clarinet duo, and co-founded San Francisco’s Switchboard Music Festival. He holds degrees from Harvard University and San Francisco Conservatory, and is a PhD Candidate at Princeton University.

Nonclassical rocks the house at Scala