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2023-11-24 09:54:00
Magical textures & supple lines: Fauré's La bonne chanson, Ravel & Canteloube from Louise Alder & eleven friends at Wigmore Hall
Emma Bardac in 1931Fauré: La bonne chanson, Berlioz: La captive, Ravel: Shéhérazade, Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne; Louise Alder, Doric String Quartet, Joseph Middleton; Wigmore HallReviewed 23 November 2023Suppleness and flexibility were the watchwords in this lovely evening of French song for voice and instrumental ensemble as part of Louise Alder's residencyLouise Alder continued her residency at Wigmore Hall on Thursday 23 November 2023 with an evening of French song for voice and instrumental ensemble. Joined by pianist Joseph Middleton, the Doric String Quartet (Tim Crawford, Ying Xue, Hélène Clément, John Myerscough), Laurène Durantel - double bass, Amina Hussain - flute, Rachael Clegg - oboe, Max Welford - clarinet, Guylaine Eckersley - bassoon, and Mark Alder Bennett horn for Fauré's piano and string quintet version of La bonne chanson, and George Striven's chamber versions of Ravel's Shéhérazade and Canteloube's Songs of the Auvergne.Behind Fauré's La bonne chanson lies the fascinating figure of Emma […]
2022-03-11 08:47:01
[…] a couple of violin suites: one by Bach, the other by Wynton Marsalis. Therefore, Bach’s sublime second partita will be heard in contrast to Wynton Marsalis’ suite (written for Benedetti) which takes inspiration from Bach but also from Scottish, Irish and American folk dances. Benedetti will also be joined by Japanese violinist, Yume Fujise, for a selection of duos by Bartók while this acclaimed Hungarian composer will be highlighted in three concerts by the Doric String Quartet who’ll play all his six quartets over the course of one day: Friday, 10th June, starting at 3pm. Benedetti will also join up with the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective to perform a series of ‘night pieces’ by composers including Dowland, Schubert, Britten, Florence Price and Cole Porter culminating in Schoenberg's beautiful early masterpiece, Transfigured Night. A busy girl, Benedetti will also close the festival on Sunday 26th June playing concertos by Vivaldi and […]
2021-08-14 08:16:11
Don't be scared of song: I chat to pianist Malcolm Martineau the sheer variety of Fauré's songs
[…] The dark night has vanished - Edvard Grieg, Johannes Brahms, Josephine Lang, Robert Schumann; Catriona Morison, Malcolm Martineau; LINN - record review Decades - A Century of Song: Volume 4 - Schumann, Dargomyzhshky, Franck, Donizetti, Lindblad, Josephson, Geijer, Mendelssohn; Anush Hovhannisyan, Ida Evelina Ranzlöv, Nick Pritchard, Oliver Johnston, Florian Boesch, Alexey Gusev, Samuel Hasselhorn, Malcolm Martineau; Vivat - record review Day of the Dead at Oxford Lieder Festival - Ben Johnson, Roger Vignoles, Helen Swift, Doric String Quartet, Thomas Oliemans, Malcolm Martineau - 15 October 2019, concert review Robert Schumann Myrthen, duets - Sarah Connolly, Robin Tritschler, Anna Huntley, Malcolm Martineau; Wigmore Hall - 24 April 2019, concert review Schubert's Winter Journey - Robin Tritschler, Malcolm Martineau; Wigmore Hall - 3 October 2018, concert review Never miss out on future posts by following us The blog is free, but I'd be delighted if you were […]
2021-07-16 02:56:06
Ten concerts: This we know for sure. Almost certainly starting on Sept. 12 with violinist Blake Pouliot, who, as a Canadian, cannot be stopped at the border or otherwise prevented from playing in Pollack Hall at the immemorial time of 3:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. As for the U.K.-based Doric String Quartet, they can be [...]