Janine Jansen and Friends Play Schoenberg and Schubert at Wigmore Hall

By Paul Kilbey, 19 May 2012

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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 16 May 2012

Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op.4

Schubert, String Quintet in C major, D.956

Janine Jansen, Violin

Boris Brovtsyn, Violin

Amihai Grosz, Viola

Maxim Rysanov, Viola

Torleif Thedéen, Cello

Jens Peter Maintz, Cello

Tabita Berglund renews the RSNO's love affair with Jean Sibelius

Simon Thompson, 13th May

Music by (and inspired by) Sibelius sounds great in this Scottish performance, but Dvořák’s Cello Concerto fails to cohere.

***11

Unbelievable harmony at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 7th December

Starting her Perspectives series, Janine Jansen invited three outstanding musicians to join her in 20th century repertoire.

*****

Supergroup Messiaen at Wigmore Hall

Roy Westbrook, 2nd June

If not the ideal first half to precede the Quartet for the End of Time, there could be no quarrel with the execution thoroughout.

****1

Pushing musical boundaries in Auckland

Simon Holden, 11th May

This was a most impressive showing from the orchestra and conductor in which the works of three influential composers given emotionally engrossing treatment.

****1

Janine Jansen and friends ticking all the boxes in a Viennese programme at Wigmore Hall

Chris Garlick, 8th February

This was an ingenious and memorable concert of rarities and hybrids from early 20th-century Vienna, curated and performed by the ever imaginative Janine Jansen.

*****

Torleif Thedéen guests in Sydney

Zoltán Szabó, 16th September

The chances to hear two recitals on consecutive nights, featuring exceptional artists of international renown in the friendly environment and outstanding acoustics of the City Recital Hall are akin to winning a (musical) lottery in Sydney.

****1

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.