Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott soothe the soul at the Barbican

Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott

By David Karlin, 03 November 2024

Loading, please wait...

See full listing

“even the simplest music can be played with boundless depths of expression”

Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 2 November 2024

Fauré, Berceuse, Op.16

Dvořák, Gypsy Songs: Songs My Mother Taught Me (Když mne stará matka zpívat), Op.55 no.4

Assad, Menino

Boulanger, Cantique

Fauré, Papillon, Op.77

Shostakovich, Cello Sonata in D minor, Op.40

Pärt, Spiegel im Spiegel

Franck, Violin Sonata in A major

Yo-Yo Ma, Cello

Kathryn Stott, Piano

Celebrating collaboration: Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 11th April

In a luminous recital, the cellist and pianist commemorate four decades of collaboration and pay tribute to Isaac Stern, the master violinist who saved Carnegie Hall from destruction.

****1

A winning evening from Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott in San Francisco

Lois Silverstein, 2nd April

Dexterity, beauty, technical prowess and mastery, most expectations were met: most expectations were met in this duo recital in Davies Symphony Hall.

****1

Joy amidst tears: Kathryn Stott and Tim Horton’s glorious Rachmaninov

Phil Parker, 19th May

Can you have too much Rachmaninov all in one go? On the basis of this tremendous Sheffield Chamber Music Festival recital, evidently not.

*****

Golden glow in Sir Andrew Davis' Sibelius 1 with the BBC Philharmonic

Rohan Shotton, 27th January

Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Elgar, Rachmaninov and Sibelius with pianist Kathryn Stott.

****1

A feast of phenomenal pianism

Frances Wilson, 8th October

A remarkable evening of exceptionally fine pianism and inventive programming, featuring seven of the UK's leading pianists in rich and varied repertoire.

*****

Quartet of pianists go into bat for Ravel and Rachmaninov

Rohan Shotton, 24th April

Andrew Gourlay conducts the BBC Philharmonic in piano concertos by Ravel and Rachmaninov, with Noriko Ogawa, Martin Roscoe, Kathryn Stott and Martin Roscoe taking turns at the keyboard.

****1

More reviews...

David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

Try a little tenderness: Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott soothe the soul at the Barbican