A musical potpourri from Martha Argerich and friends in Hamburg

By Edward Sava-Segal, 24 June 2021

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“the autumnal mood pervading this music was made clear”

Reviewed at Laeiszhalle: Großer Saal, Hamburg on 23 June 2021

Liszt, Wagner's Overture to Tannhäuser, transcr. for piano, S 442

Brahms, Viola Sonata in E flat major, Op.120 no.2

Saint-Saëns, Septet in E flat major for trumpet, piano and strings, Op.65

Shostakovich, Cello Sonata in D minor, Op.40

Brahms, Lerchengesang (Song of the Larks), Op.70 no.2 (arr. for cello)

Sophie Pacini, Piano

Gérard Caussé, Viola

Nicholas Angelich, Piano

Sergei Nakariakov, Trumpet

Dong Hyek Lim, Piano

Adrian Iliescu, Violin

Paweł Kisza, Violin

Lyda Chen, Viola

Eugene Lifschitz, Cello

Gregor Hammans, Double Bass

Martha Argerich, Piano

Mischa Maisky, Cello

Jaap van Zweden welcomed back in Antwerp

Zoltán Szabó, 12th February

The Dutch conductor returns to his old orchestra for a concert stream of Beethoven, with Nicholas Angelich, and Tchaikovsky.

****1

Radiant Tabakova and breezy Beethoven from Aurora Orchestra

Nahoko Gotoh, 8th February

A month into the year-long "Nature Unwrapped" programme at Kings Place, it was the turn of its resident Aurora Orchestra to contribute to the series.

****1

Beautiful poise: Capuçon, Moreau and Angelich alight in Tsinandali

James Imam, 10th September

Festivals and academies breed familiarity and mutual compassion between audiences and returning artists. Yet the warmly informal feel of this concert owed mostly to the close relationships between the musicians themselves.

****1

Argerich, Dutoit and Russian revelry in Hamburg

Alexander Hall, 28th June

Argerich is predictably a force of nature in Tchaikovsky and Dutoit shows his mettle in Ravel and Stravinsky.

****1

Argerich, Capuçon and friends close the Aix Easter Festival

Mark Valencia, 8th April

Daniel Barenboim's absence may have confounded the all-Debussy programme but it left the Aix audience with a beautifully balanced recital.

*****

Dancing bear, tame beasts: Insula's Beethoven

Mark Pullinger, 8th March

An all-Beethoven evening at the Philharmonie where the orchestral playing lacked bite, but Nicholas Angelich provided warmth and humanity in the Fourth Piano Concerto.

***11

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.