Beethoven quartet cycle reaches finale at Chamber Music Garden

Verus String Quartet

By Nahoko Gotoh, 19 June 2024

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“In the galloping finale, the cello provided a strong rhythmic drive”

Reviewed at Suntory Hall: Blue Rose (Small Hall), Tokyo on 15 June 2024

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 3 in D major, Op.18 no.3

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 16 in F major, Op.135

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 8 in E minor, "Razumovsky", Op.59 no.2

Bach, St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Befiehl due deine Wege

Verus String Quartet

Naoto Sakiya, Violin

Hisao Mihara, Violin

Koichi Yokomizo, Viola

Rentaro Tomioka, Cello

Andris Nelsons and the BSO arrive in New York, with baggage in tow

Cameron Kelsall, 9th April

In his first New York appearance since the termination of his contract as BSO Music Director, Nelsons courts public sympathy and makes some thrilling music.

***11

Nelson Goerner shines with the CBSO and Rachmaninov's Rhapsody

Robert Gainer, 9th April

The CBSO present the work of three European émigré composers of the 1930s and 40s, who reimagined their musical influences with contrasting approaches and results.

****1

Karabits and Szeps-Znaider carouse with the LPO

Christopher Woodley, 8th April

The sparkle of Max Bruch's Fecond Violin Concerto and the drama of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony overcome the gloom of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s dark forebodings.

****1

Savall conducts Beethoven and Haydn at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 3rd April

Beethoven's Christus am Ölberge is paired with Haydn's Die sieben letzten Worte, a journey from agony to transcendence in which the agony proves the more honest companion.

***11

Portraits and pictures from Ibragimova, Gardner and the LPO

Roy Westbrook, 1st April

From Three Screaming Popes to Pictures at an Exhibition, a pair of works inspired by paintings frame a violin concerto by Béla Bartók at London's Southbank Centre.

****1

Energy, precision and drama from the Philadelphia Orchestra

Susan Stempleski, 31st March

Marin Alsop is joined by pianist Hayato Sumino as she conducts the Philadelphians in an exhilarating program of works by John Adams, Gershwin and Prokofiev.

****1

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.

Beethoven quartet cycle reaches finale at Chamber Music Garden Festival