Trilogies: An Evening of Cutting-edge Piano Music, Exclusively at King’s Place

By Kay Kempin, 10 February 2011

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Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall Two, London on 7 February 2011

Riley, Squiggle Zipper

Riley, Ebb Cast

Riley, Double Trio (World Première)

Fitkin, Log

Fitkin, Line

Fitkin, Loud

David Appleton, Piano

Paul Cassidy, Piano

Kate Halsall, Piano

Dawn Hardwick, Piano

Semra Kurutaç, Piano

James Young, Piano

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Judith Weir's music didn't have the pride of place it deserved at this miscellaneous collection of music from past and present Masters of the Queen's Music, presented by the Park Lane Group at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

**111

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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.

*****

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****1

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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

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

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

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Kay Kempin

Flying the flag for all things classical, jazz and a bit experimental, Kay is an amateur pianist and musical scribbler. Kay has her Masters in Culture, Policy and Management from City University, London, and currently works as a fundraiser for the performing arts in New York City.