West Fourth New Music: Cellophilia

By Bèla Bianca, 15 June 2012

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Reviewed at The 92nd Street Y: Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York City on 8 June 2012

Snider, The Reserved, the Reticent

Campbell, Ice Covers the North

Zorn, 777 (nothing is true, everything is permitted)

Shemesh, Empty City

Frey, Canon Prelude

Karpay, Three Programmatic Duos

Gordon, Light is Calling

Hansen, Traveller

Reich, Cello Counterpoint version for amplified cello & cello octet

Ashley Bathgate, Cello

Hannah Collins, Cello

Amanda Gookin, Cello

Robert Karpay, Cello

Susan D. Mandel, Cello

Mariel Roberts, Cello

Brian Snow, Cello

Richard Vaudrey, Cello

Brooke Campbell, Vocals

Russian Spring: Elder and the Hallé reunite in glorious style

Leighton Jones, 7th May

The music of Glinka, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky fills Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall with mystery, intrigue and jollity.

****1

Classical grace and Romantic eloquence from the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 7th May

The contrasting delights of Schumann, Brahms and Dvořák are powerfully evoked in performances of charm, eloquence and high drama from the Philharmonia, continuing the orchestra’s 80th anniversary celebrations.

****1

Spacious Prokofiev from Seong-Jin Cho and the Munich Philharmonic

SangKwon Lee, 6th May

Seong-Jin Cho’s premise in Prokofiev is compelling – to reconcile Russian gravitational attack and monumental construction with clarity, colour and contrapuntal legibility.

***11

Marc-André Hamelin surveys two centuries of piano sonatas

Sam Jacobson, 5th May

From Haydn and Beethoven to Weinberg and Rachmaninov, Marc-André Hamelin reveals the piano sonata as a form of breadth, flexibility and expressive power.

****1

LA Phil celebrates the California spirit with Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Cameron Kelsall, 3rd May

The program features Maria Dueñas in Korngold's Violin Concerto and a moving tribute to LA native Michael Tilson Thomas

****1

Subtle magic: Zubin Mehta celebrates his 90th birthday in Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 3rd May

Zubin Mehta celebrates his 90th birthday with a concert at the Staatsoper Berlin.

*****

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