An eclectic and entertaining programme from Carl Jackson

By Morwenna Campbell-Smith, 06 April 2021

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Reviewed at Freemasons' Hall, London on 30 March 2021

Guilmant, Prière et berceuse

Price, Suite no. 1 for organ (Fantasy & Air)

Ogden, Ritzy

Elgar, Chanson de Nuit

Mushel, Toccata

Sowande, Obangiji

Carl Jackson, Organ

Staatskapelle Dresden’s sonic alchemy at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 2nd June

From the earthy joy of Meistersinger to the sublime textures of Debussy, Daniele Gatti channels the Dresdeners' legendary, layered warmth into an unforgettable evening of pure acoustic luxury.

****1

Ambition meets the Philharmonie: Peltokoski and Kantorow in Paris

Laurence Vittes, 2nd June

Two prodigies, with a surplus of imagination and more interest in the moment than in creating long arcs of music, join the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in Paris.

****1

Jurowski marks Hans Werner Henze’s centenary at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 31st May

Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin deliver a lean, razor-sharp exploration of captivity and survival, balancing Beethoven’s and Brahms’ structural clarity against the devastating, high-fidelity distortion of Henze’s Ninth Symphony.

****1

Kissin, Bell and Isserlis: remembrance and loss at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 31st May

Solomon Rosowsky, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky form a matinee programme whose deeper connections gradually came into focus.

****1

Mischievous Pan at Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s French May

Christopher Halls, 30th May

French clarinettist Raphaël Sévère unearths beauty in Nielsen’s concerto and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta impress in two settings of Pan’s antics at the French May Festival.

****1

Alsop conducts a substitute Marsalis symphony at Carnegie Hall

David Wolfson, 29th May

The premiere of Wynton Marsalis’ Symphony no. 5 is postponed, substituted by selections from his Jungle Symphony, along with a disappointing Beethoven’s Seventh at Carnegie Hall.

***11

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Morwenna Campbell-Smith

Morwenna Campbell-Smith writes The Lady Organist, a blog which began as a chronicle of her progress as an organist, but is now an international online magazine, with news, reviews, and advice for organists and would-be organists. She works for the Society of Women Organists, recently set up to encourage women and girls to take up the organ. Since 2015 she’s been on the the management team of the Royal College of Organists in the UK, as Editor of their learning campus iRCO, and writing their official blog, StopPress.