Rare Respighi shines in Seattle Chamber Music Society online stream

By Erica Miner, 20 July 2021

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“Bax performed with rapid-fire vigor and precision, combining zest with delicate touch”

Reviewed at Center for Chamber Music, Seattle on 20 July 2021

Bach, English Suite no. 2 in A minor, BWV807

Beethoven, String Trio in D major, Op.9 no.2

Respighi, Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.6

Alessio Bax, Piano

Amy Schwartz Moretti, Violin

James Ehnes, Viola

Edward Arron, Cello

Arnaud Sussmann, Violin

Alessio Bax’s inaugural London Festival of Chamber Music

Charlotte Gardner, 26th March

Alessio Bax's inaugural London Festival of Chamber Music sets off with a spring in its step.

*****

Sweeping Rachmaninov and scorching Barber from the BBC Scottish

Simon Thompson, 8th February

Despite the presence of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto on the bill, it is a gripping performance of Samuel Barber's First Symphony that steals this Usher Hall Sunday matinee.

****1

Triplet of trios sets the tone for Seattle's summer of chamber music

Thomas May, 3rd July

James Ehnes and colleagues launch the 2023 edition of Seattle Chamber Music Society's month-long summer festival on an exhilarating note with trios by Dohnányi, Bartók and Ravel.

****1

Under the spell of Clara Schumann: two belated NY Phil debuts

Edward Sava-Segal, 14th October

A trio of Romantic works are performed under the baton of Giancarlo Guerrero, making his Philharmonic debut alongside pianist Alessio Bax.

***11

Rossini, Mendelssohn and Barber with the Kansas City Symphony

Hilary Stroh, 8th March

An energetic performance from the Kansas City Symphony with Alessio Bax and David Lockington.

****1

To sleep perchance to dream? Sir Andrew Davis leads the BSO

Kevin Wells, 10th January

John Harbison's Second Symphony takes the listener from Dawn to Darkness, while Vaughan Williams' Fifth offers “the similitude of a dream” in Boston.

****1

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Erica Miner

As a Metropolitan Opera violinist Erica performed with James Levine, Leonard Bernstein and countless opera luminaries. Now an award-winning author, screenwriter, arts journalist and lecturer, Erica’s opera presentations include Wagner Societies in California, New York, Boston, North Carolina and Sydney, Australia. Her recently released novel Aria for Murder, the first in her ‘Operatic Mystery’ series, authentically reflects her experiences in the Met Orchestra. Sequels are due in 2023 and 2024. Erica’s personal website is here.