Plugging in at Prague Spring's tribute to the theremin

By Frank Kuznik, 28 May 2019

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“the presentation was strikingly traditional and the sound seamless”

Reviewed at Rudolfinum: Dvořák Hall, Prague on 24 May 2019

Haydn, String Quartet no. 22 in G major, Op.17 no.5, Hob III:29

Martinů, String Quartet no. 3, H 183

Rataj, æther (World premiere)

Martinů, Butterflies and Birds of Paradise H.127

Martinů, Fantasia for string quartet, piano, oboe and theremin, H 301

Carolina Eyck, Theremin

Alžběta Jamborová, Oboe

Karel Košárek, Piano

Bennewitz Quartet

The Bennewitz Quartet at Wigmore Hall

Hazel Rowland, 29th December

The Bennewitz Quartet perform works by the Viennese masters Schubert and Webern, and by their Czech compatriot Dvořák, with varying degrees of success.

***11

Theremin magic and a sinister toyshop at the BBC Proms

Mark Pullinger, 4th August

Carolina Eyck uncovers the dark art of playing the theremin and John Storgårds conducts Kaija Saariaho's Vista and Shostakovich's enigmatic final symphony.

***11

Dazzling Prokofiev from Alim Beisembayev and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 26th April

In an all-Russian programme in Liverpool, Alim Beisembayev gives a breathtaking performance of Prokofiev's fiendishly difficult Second Piano Concerto.

****1

A Evgeny Kissin tour de force in Boston

Kevin Wells, 25th April

Andrey Boreyko makes an impressive debut with the Boston Symphony, where Evgeny Kissin performs in not one, but two piano concertos.

****1

Patriotic angst with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Thomas Zehetmair

Nick Butters, 24th April

Patriotic Sibelius and early Mendelssohn are served up at the Glasshouse in Gateshead.

***11

Yunchan Lim at Carnegie Hall: unmooring musical time

Edward Sava-Segal, 24th April

Schubert and Scriabin are shaped by expansion and suspension in the Korean pianist’s Carnegie Hall recital.

****1

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Frank Kuznik

Frank Kuznik is the former Editor-in-Chief and Culture Editor of The Prague Post, Central Europe’s premier English-language weekly newspaper. He currently divides his time between Prague and his hometown in the US, Cleveland, where he covers northeast Ohio's dynamic classical music scene. In Prague he is an habitué of the Rudolfinum, National Theater, State Opera and other storied classical music venues, and an unabashed fan of Czech music.