Silesian Quartet makes a strong case for Weinberg and Bacewicz

By Nahoko Gotoh, 05 September 2019

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Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 2 September 2019

Weinberg, String Quartet No. 7 in C major

Bacewicz, Piano Quintet No. 1

Wojciech Świtała, Piano

Silesian String Quartet

Polish tales lovingly told by the Silesian String Quartet

Christopher Woodley, 4th May

The Silesian String Quartet provides eloquence, deft touches and rich sounds to quartets by Moniuszko, Weinberg and Górecki at London's Wigmore Hall.

***11

A Midsummer meditation mix from the SCO Chorus

David Smythe, 20th June

The SCO Chorus in a meditative mood for midsummer in music by Glass, Taverner, MacMillan and Duruflé.

****1

Orozco-Estrada, Bruce Liu and the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 18th June

Vivid, full-bodied Tchaikovsky, passionate without losing its grammar, on a persuasive night for the KBS Symphony Orchestra.

****1

Black American music finds a new voice at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 18th June

Dutch premieres, new faces and new arrangements result in a concert quite unlike any other from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Antony Hermus.

****1

From Florence to Venice: an Italian tour with Renato Dolcini

Sandra Bowdler, 18th June

The impressive Italian baritone features in a tour of Renaissance and Baroque Italian works with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in Melbourne.

****1

Marin Alsop brings unexpected pleasures to Philadelphia Orchestra

Kurt Gottschalk, 18th June

The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrates the 50th birthday of the Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Fairmount Park, with Marin Alsop serving up a surprise in Ravel's Boléro.

****1

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.