Clarinet contrasts with Emma Johnson at the Three Choirs Festival

By Katherine Dixson, 26 July 2012

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Reviewed at Shirehall, Hereford on 24 July 2012

Mendelssohn, Clarinet Sonata in E flat major

Schumann, Fantasiestücke, Op.73

Ireland, Fantasy Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

Poulenc, Clarinet Sonata in B flat major, FP 184

Stravinsky, 3 Pieces for clarinet solo

Bliss, Pastoral for Clarinet and Piano

Horovitz, Two Majorcan Pieces

Emma Johnson, Clarinet

John Lenehan, Piano

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*****

Masters of the Queens Music at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

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Judith Weir's music didn't have the pride of place it deserved at this miscellaneous collection of music from past and present Masters of the Queen's Music, presented by the Park Lane Group at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

**111

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With a smaller programme and a humbler premise, the stars of the show – those young, immensely talented performers – could have shone even brighter

***11

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****1

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Max Lima, 21st May

Late Brahms, early Schoenberg: under Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic draw tenderness from two monumental scores.

****1

Heavenly Mahler – and Strauss – from Lucy Crowe and the LSO

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Songs and symphonies from Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, concluding with a vision of “heavenly life” from Gustav Mahler.

****1

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Katherine Dixson

Katherine is an enthusiastic choral singer. Becoming chairman of her choir proved the catalyst for writing a memoir into which she crammed musical experiences galore, including her own belated musical education and encounters with professional musicians. Combining music, writing and travel is Katherine’s idea of bliss. Her website is here.