Tamara Stefanovich enters the beehive: Boulez's Second Sonata at The Rest is Noise

By Paul Kilbey, 07 October 2013

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Reviewed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 6 October 2013

Ligeti, Musica Ricercata

Stockhausen, Klavierstück IX

Messiaen, Catalogue d'oiseaux, for solo piano (excerpts)

Boulez, Piano Sonata no. 2

Tamara Stefanovich, Piano

Total Immersion with Boulez at the Barbican

Peter Quantrill, 30th March

A BBC day of talks and concerts yields delight and revelation in equal measure.

*****

Music against Death: Joana Mallwitz conducts Nono and Mahler in Berlin

David Grundy, 14th September

Joana Mallwitz pairs rare Luigi Nono with Mahler's Fourth Symphony at the Konzerthausorchester's Musikfest Berlin programme.

****1

Fiery performance of Stockhausen's earlier works

Vishnu Bachani, 2nd June

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich, and Marco Stroppa came together in synergistic harmony to deliver a searing performance of Mantra

***11

Stockhausen marathon at the Musikfest Berlin

Sam Johnstone, 18th September

Over 10 years after his death, Karlheinz Stockhausen still occupies a complex and difficult place in the canon of contemporary composers. This year's Musikfest Berlin featured a Stockhausen focus, of which the "creation ceremony" Inori was the climax.

****1

The London Sinfonietta: celebrating 50 years of excellence

Chris Garlick, 24th January

A celebration of fifty years of the London Sinfonietta was a well-deserved pat on the back for this valuable institution.

****1

Raw and thrilling Mahler 6

Rohan Shotton, 7th May

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts an emotionally exhausting evening of Mahler and Bartók

*****

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.