IMS Prussia Cove autumn tour delights at St George's Bristol

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 03 October 2013

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Reviewed at St George's Bristol, Bristol on 30 September 2013

Fauré, Piano Quartet no. 2 in G minor, Op.45

Mozart, Quintet for Horn and Strings in E flat major, K407 (K386c)

Brahms, Trio in E flat major for Horn (or Cello or Viola), Violin and Piano, Op.40

Schubert, Overture for a string quartet in C minor, D.8

James Clark, Violin

Krysia Osostowicz, Violin

Rosalind Ventris, Viola

Steve Doane, Cello

Herbert Schuch, Piano

Alec Frank-Gemmill, French horn

Spirit of the Dance: Ensari and Schuch at the Istanbul Music Festival

Gavin Dixon, 10th June

Waltzes and Turkish folk dances energise spirited piano duet recital

****1

Michael Sanderling lässt in die russische Seele blicken

David Renke, 21st April

Die Münchner Philharmoniker boten unter Michael Sanderling ein packendes Programm mit Beethoven und Schostakowitsch. Die Symphonie Nr. 13 "Babij Jar" konnte dabei den nachhaltigsten Eindruck hinterlassen.

***11

Maestros in the making at the Pärnu Music Festival

Peter Quantrill, 11th July

Haydn, Mozart and Pärt put ten young conductors through their paces in the Järvi Academy Gala.

****1

Britten and Clyne: astonishing verve from the SCO

David Smythe, 26th November

A dream team of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra directed by Pekka Kussisto, with Allan Clayton and Alec Frank-Gemmill astonish with two modern icons: Clyne’s Within Her Arms and Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.

*****

Beethoven or bust: anniversary series launched at Wigmore Hall

Mark Pullinger, 15th September

Early and late Beethoven in the closing two recitals of Wigmore Hall's Beethoven Festival Weekend.

****1

Scottish Chamber Orchestra and George Benjamin celebrate Britten

Alan Coady, 27th April

This second of two SCO Britten centenary concerts saw its subject juxtaposed with two living British composers and Mozart. Cynics might consider the closing Symphony no. 40 in G minor (1788) a reward for surviving the rest of the programme’s modernity.

****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”.