Collaboration in action at Cadogan Hall

By Nick Boston, 26 July 2017

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Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 24 July 2017

Webern, Langsamer Satz

Durupt, Grids for Greed (World première, BBC commission)

Mozart, Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581

Weber, Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op.34 (Rondo)

Quatuor Van Kuijk

Annelien Van Wauwe, Clarinet

Structure over sentiment for the Quatuor Van Kuijk in Lugano

Edward Sava-Segal, 1st June

The Van Kuijks communicated with great directness the obsessive nature of Bartók’s music in his Fourth Quartet.

****1

Quatuor Van Kuijk captures enigmatic Ligeti in Liverpool

Leighton Jones, 13th January

The classical masterpieces of Haydn and Schubert miss the spot, but Ligeti and Poulenc enthral in the splendid setting of the Concert Room, St George’s Hall, Liverpool.

***11

Winning French programme from Quatuor Van Kuijk

Hedy Mühleck, 4th November

Since its formation four years ago, the young ensemble Quatuor Van Kuijk has been bagging numerous competition prizes and accumulating international acclaim.

****1

Les quatuors Van Kuijk et Magenta en fusion aux Bouffes du Nord

Tristan Labouret, 10th February

Réunis par La Belle Saison, les deux ensembles se sont parfaitement harmonisés dans un beau Quatuor de Bacewicz et un formidable Octuor de Mendelssohn... au risque de lisser les aspérités de La Nuit transfigurée.

****1

L'élégance de Mendelssohn par le Quatuor Van Kuijk aux Bouffes du Nord

Clara Leonardi, 26th May

Ce devait être la clôture d’une année consacrée à l’intégrale des quatuors de Mendelssohn : le concert des Van Kuijk est en fait l’un des premiers d'une série qui commence bien.

****1

Emotion und Wagemut: Das Quatuor Van Kuijk in Lugano

Rolf Kyburz, 22nd April

Das Quatuor Van Kuijk bot in Lugano ein anspruchsvolles Programm mi Debussy, Weberns Fünf Sätzen und Mendelssohn.

***11

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

PCM2: Collaboration in action from Van Wauwe & the Quatuor Van Kuijk