Gallic fare from the Berlin Phil Soloists

By Mark Pullinger, 03 September 2018

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“Grosz’s sinewy viola growled and pawed, deliberately scuffing the textures”

Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 3 September 2018

Boulanger, Nocturne for violin and piano

Debussy, Sonata for flute, viola and harp

Šenk, Baca (BBC commission: world premiere)

Boulanger, Trois morceaux for piano

Ravel, Introduction and Allegro

Soloists of the Berliner Philharmoniker

Maja Avramović, Violin

Daishin Kashimoto, Violin

Amihai Grosz, Viola

Bruno Delepelaire, Cello

Emmanuel Pahud, Flute

Wenzel Fuchs, Clarinet

Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Harp

Alasdair Beatson, Piano

Nash Inventions: a sonic feast for six decades

Christopher Woodley, 18th March

Martyn Brabbins and Claire Booth are among the Nash Ensemble's regular collaborators celebrating the group’s 60th Anniversary, marked by four world premieres.

****1

Nash Ensemble’s Inventions evoke vivid landscapes and sombre memories

Christopher Woodley, 26th March

Fine performances from Claire Booth and Nash Ensemble conjure up the dramatic landscapes of Andalusia, the Hebrides and the wilds of southern Wisconsin, as portrayed by Harrison Birtwistle and Simon Holt.

****1

Defiantly alive Dvořák and joyful Schubert from the Nash Ensemble

Nick Boston, 8th February

The Nash Ensemble performs Dvořák's Piano Quartet no. 2 at Wigmore Hall, followed by a joyful rendition of Schubert's Trout Quintet.

****1

Music with friends: Royal Northern Sinfonia's Trout Quintet

Jane Shuttleworth, 11th May

An affectionate Trout played by long-standing colleagues and friends from Royal Northern Sinfonia, along with Imogen Holst's Phantasy Quartet and Thomas Adès's fascinating Piano Quintet.

****1

Sumptuous Schumann and bracing Brahms from the Nash Ensemble

Benjamin Poore, 24th November

Awkard programming but fine musicianship from the Nash Ensemble and Christine Rice as part of its 'German Romantics' series.

***11

Beatson and the Royal Northern Sinfonia play rare repertoire

Jane Shuttleworth, 21st November

Royal Northern Sinfonia welcomed their new chamber pianist in residence, Alisdair Beatson, with some brilliantly imaginative programming.

****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Gallic fare from the Berlin Philharmonic Soloists at Cadogan Hall