Occupy the Pianos: Pierrot Lunaire

By Penny Homer, 14 September 2015

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Reviewed at Smith Square Hall, London on 13 September 2015

Hind, Die unenthuellte for piano and violin

Schoenberg, Pierrot lunaire

Loré Lixenberg, Mezzo-soprano

David Alberman, Violin, Viola

Zoë Martlew, Cello

Nancy Ruffer, Flute

Stuart King, Clarinet

Rolf Hind, Piano

Adventures through time and space with the London Sinfonietta

Benjamin Poore, 24th March

Experiments in music and ideas brought together by the London Sinfonietta and guests at a special concert all about space and time.

****1

Beat Furrer, London Sinfonietta, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Anne Ozorio, 18th January

Beat Furrer is one of the biggest names in the European avant garde, honoured in this London Sinfonietta tribute. Furrer founded Klangforum Wien 25 years ago and is a charismatic conductor, so it was good to hear how the London Sinfonietta responded to him.Highlight of the programme was Nuun (1995-6) almost a classic by contemporary music standards.

Berlin im Licht: Philharmonia sheds light on the cabaret scene

Matthew Rye, 23rd September

Despite engaging vocal performances and vivid orchestral playing, the Philharmonia Orchestra’s exploration of Weimar-era Berlin’s cabaret world added up to less than the sum of its parts.

***11

Listen closely: Quiet music with Apartment House at Kings Place

Paul Kilbey, 22nd September

There’s something strange about applauding at the end of very quiet music: it is counterintuitive to make more noise clapping than the performers made during the actual performance. But the appreciative Kings Place crowd in Hall Two knew the drill, and this concert of “Some Recent Silences”, as it was billed, proved justly popular.

****1

Anna Nicole

David Karlin, 4th March

In case you've somehow missed the hype, Anna Nicole is the Royal Opera's newly commissioned opera about the life of Anna Nicole Smith, a girl from Texas who married an elderly billionnaire, became a model and celebrity sex symbol who received gigantic media exposure, and died of a drug overdose a few months after the death of her son.

*****

The Alonetimes, un kaléidoscope de solitudes à la Fondation Cartier

Chloë Rouge, 16th April

Composée à quatre mains par Jennifer Walshe et Philip Venables pour six interprètes, l'œuvre multi-strates propose une expérience riche de sens, même si certaines postures interrogent parfois.

***11

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Penny Homer

Penny Homer graduated from the University of Nottingham with a Bachelor of Music degree in 2003, where she was also a choral scholar at St Barnabas Cathedral. She is keenly interested in arts and education, and her work across both includes stints at Akademi South Asian Dance UK and Benslow Music Trust. Additionally she worked for Edition Peters in their sales department before joining the Association of British Choral Directors as their Training Manager. Penny currently sings at Eton Lower Chapel, St Andrews Fulham Fields, Wimbledon Choral Society, Londinium and Vocal Constructivists, and continues her vocal studies with Ian Kennedy.

Occupy the Pianos: Hind and Schoenberg bring festival to a close