Music and cycling on the Tour d’Utrecht

By Sanne Thierens, 30 June 2014

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Reviewed at TivoliVredenburg: Grote Zaal, Utrecht on 28 June 2014

Brahms, Viola Sonata in F minor, Op.120 no.1

Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op.35

Dietrich, F-A-E Sonata: Allegro for Violin and Piano

Schumann, F-A-E Sonata: II. Romanze

Brahms, F-A-E Sonata: Scherzo in C minor

Schumann, F-A-E Sonata: IV. Finale

Haydn, Divertimento in B flat major, Hob II:46

Liszt, Rhapsodie espagnole, S 254

Ravel, String Quartet in F major

Ravel, Sonata for Violin and Cello

Julian Rachlin, Violin

Lawrence Power, Viola

Amihai Grosz, Viola

Alexander Gavrylyuk, Piano

Itamar Golan, Piano

Wouter Bergenhuizen, Piano

Mirovia Quartet

Australian Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne: Gershwin, Shostakovich

Sandra Bowdler, 10th August

Two works by Shostakovich sandwiching Rhapsody in Blue made for an exhilerating concert from the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne

****1

Vivid tone painting from Gavrylyuk and Falletta

Phillip Nones, 15th September

Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk delivers a knockout Rachmaninov Paganini Rhapsody while JoAnn Falletta and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus present memorable Tchaikovsky and Ravel scores.

****1

Remembrance of lost youth in Perth

David Smythe, 8th November

RSNO’s sparkling Prokofiev, heroic Tchaikovsky and lush Poulenc which celebrated 175 years of the RSNO Chorus was eclipsed by 80 Glasgow schoolboys who sang their hearts out with three songs from All Those Men Who Marched Away.

****1

Engaging and fluent performances from Elder’s Hallé

Aaron Davies, 5th October

French impressionism met with programmatic Russian splendour in a collection of special works written just 40 years apart.

****1

A whiff of incense as the Proms explore Rachmaninov and religion

Mark Pullinger, 13th August

Rachmaninov was not an especially religious man, yet he composed religious music, most famously the haunting All-Night Vigil (or Vespers) which was the climax to this evening's two Proms.

****1

Bogotá's Russian Season opens

Laurence Vittes, 12th April

The hometown Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá (OFB) proves big-league as they launch the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo's Bogotá es la Rusia Romántica.

****1

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Sanne Thierens

Sanne is passionate about music and theatre and interested in what happens when the two are combined. She studied Liberal Arts and Sciences with majors in Musicology, Theatre & Media Studies and Piano Performance. After completing her degree at University College Roosevelt (Middelburg, The Netherlands), Sanne moved to London where she obtained an MA degree in Musicology from King’s College, University of London.