The Osokins bestride the Jūrmala Festival

By Alexander Hall, 26 July 2019

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Reviewed at Dzintari Concert Hall: Great Hall, Jūrmala on 25 July 2019

Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, Op.23 (excerpt)

Liszt, Piano Concerto no. 1 in E flat major, S 124

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K467 (excerpt)

Chopin, Souvenir de Paganini: Variations in A major

Liszt, Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année, Italie: Après une lecture du Dante. Fantasia quasi sonata, S.161 no.7

Liszt, Widmung, transcription of Schumann's liebeslied for piano, S 566

Liszt, Isolde's Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, transc. for piano, S 447

Saint-Saëns, Danse macabre

Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue

Strauss II, An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube), Op.314

Georgijs Osokins, Piano

Andrejs Osokins, Piano

Sergejs Osokins, Piano

Sinfonietta Rīga

An inspiring, faith-filled concert in Riga

Andrew Larkin, 12th June

The Latvian Radio Choir, coupled with the Sinfonietta Rīga Orchestra under the conductor Sigvards Kļava give an ethereal rendition of four contemporary Latvian composers in Riga Cathedral.

****1

Early Christmas with Enrico Onofri and Sinfonietta Riga

David Karlin, 11th December

Problems of balance in the first half of Sinfonietta Riga's "European Christmas" concert are followed by excellent Kraus and Haydn in the second.

***11

Ein einziger Ton wird Symphonie seines Lebens: Arvo Pärt

Michael Vieth, 25th June

Die Sinfonietta Rīga unter Sigvards Kļava überzeugte im Kissinger Max-Littmann-Saal mit einer sehr verinnerlichten Aufführung von Schlüsselwerken Arvo Pärts

*****

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

Patriotic angst with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Thomas Zehetmair

Nick Butters, 24th April

Patriotic Sibelius and early Mendelssohn are served up at the Glasshouse in Gateshead.

***11

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.