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Staged in the town’s quaint St Johann Church, the Davos Festival’s “Tiefsinn” concert featured a fine choir and soloists, saxophone quartet, chamber orchestra and a dauntless solo cellist.

If there’s one glowing aspect missing from the burgeoning classical music scene in Istanbul, it is chamber music. The city has been a host to an increasingly diverse range of musical performances and festivals in the last few years, thanks to rather effective sponsorship arrangements, as well as small organizations, and sometimes even individuals, taking charge in organizing concert series.

Peter Whelan und seine Musiker verfehlten die Wirkung eines besonderen Konzerterlebnisses nicht, indem sie vor allem ein überragendes Phrasierungs- und Dynamikfeuerwerk hinlegten.