Delicious French morsels launch the ECO’s Teatime Music

By Mark Pullinger, 13 September 2020

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“Pryce’s playing was exquisite... her glissandos were veiled in gossamer”

Reviewed at Beckenham Place Mansion, Beckenham on 13 September 2020

Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (arr. Farrington)

Ravel, Introduction and Allegro for flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet

Ravel, Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose): Suite (arr. Farrington)

English Chamber Orchestra

Sally Pryce, Harp

Essential Early Romantics from the ECO at Cadogan Hall

Roy Westbrook, 11th May

Three of the world's best composers, who were friends and colleagues, but who rarely co-habit in concert, appear at Cadogan Hall.

****1

A vivid Soldier's Tale from the English Chamber Orchestra

Graham Watts, 4th October

Outstanding narration was the feather in this soldier’s cap

****1

Spirited Mendelssohn without frills from the English Chamber Orchestra

Nick Boston, 27th September

Warm Borodin and energetic Mendelssohn from the ECO players in an online experience which lacked occasion.

***11

Ravishing Tchaikovsky from Serebrier and the ECO

Andrew Larkin, 22nd January

A fantastic all-Tchaikovsky concert in which cellist Natalie Clein gave a magnificent rendition of the Rococo Variations.

*****

Classy Bach from Vilde Frang

David Karlin, 29th April

Vilde Frang galvanises the English Chamber Orchestra, with the slow movement of Bach's E major violin concerto proving the highlight of the evening.

***11

Power (and Padmore) to the ECO in Britten, Tippett and Woolrich

Mark Valencia, 21st January

An evening of English repertoire at King's Place where the pleasures were flecked with disappointments.

***11

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.