Mercurial Prokofiev and genteel Schubert in Proms Chamber Music 4

The International Chamber Music Festival offered a cycling tour along some of the finest buildings in Utrecht, where music was performed in this special setting.

There was something for everyone in Maxim Vengerov and Itamar Golan’s recital programme at the Barbican last night. The music of nine different nations was represented in a multicultural extravaganza of shifting horizons, moods and styles.

The Recontres inédites series is what makes the Verbier Festival famous among aficionados. The title translates – roughly – as “Unprecedented Meetings”, and that is certainly what the concerts represent: world-class soloists brought together on minimal but far from non-existent rehearsal time to play chamber music.

Un véritable écho a résonné à la Salle Gaveau, en compagnie de Shlomo Mintz, Itamar Golan et Sonia Wieder-Atherton.

Flamboyante Janine Jansen qui entraînait son cavalier Itamar Golan dans une danse étourdissante sur une piste aux mille couleurs.

Sir Antonio Pappano the charioteer whips his forces to attack the fleeing Shostakovich in the Tenth Symphony at the Barbican.