A brand new orchestra: The Enigma Orchestra at St George's Bristol

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 05 December 2012

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Reviewed at St George's Bristol, Bristol on 2 December 2012

Mozart, La clemenza di Tito, K621: Overture

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K466

Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92

Enigma Orchestra

Robert Weaver, Conductor

Arian Aghababaie, Piano

Sea pictures and Enigmas (but no Elgar): Enigma Orchestra at St George's Bristol

David Fay, 6th April

I doubt many of us have been to the seaside recently. Even if Bristolians had braved the cold and wet and wind, I’m sure that the mudflats of Brean or the arcades of Weston-super-Mare were a far cry from the visions of that mysterious body of saltwater conjured up by the Enigma Orchestra in their second ever concert at St George’s.

***11

Sea pictures and Enigmas (but no Elgar): Enigma Orchestra at St George's Bristol

David Fay, 6th April

***11

Marianne Crebassa: potent and versatile at Leeds Song

Richard Wilcocks, 12th April

Accompanied by Joseph Middleton, Marianne Crebassa performs an exquisite recital of Debussy, Mahler, Mompou and Ravel.

*****

Poetry and Precision: Seong-Jin Cho returns to Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 12th April

A little over a year after his marathon all-Ravel recital at the Hall, the Korean pianist returns with an exquisitely performed program of Bach, Schoenberg, Robert Schumann, and Chopin.

*****

Eroica: Riccardo Minasi and the WASO

Sandra Bowdler, 11th April

Guest conductor Riccardo Minasi leads the West Australian Symphony Orchestra with a program of old favourites, with outstanding contribution from trumpeter Jenna Smith

***11

A superb Salzburg sojourn: Philadelphia Orchestra plays Mozart

Cameron Kelsall, 11th April

Guest conductor Harry Bicket brings a sense of urgency to Mozart's Requiem and pulse-quickening energy to Symphony no. 40.

****1

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.