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2024-04-23 07:26:00
Attention must be paid: the Engegård Quartet at Conway Hall in Mozart, Bartok, Maja Ratkje, and Fanny Mendelssohn
Fanny Hensel (Mendelssohn) in 1842Mozart, Bartok, Maja Ratkje, Fanny Mendelssohn; Engegård Quartet; Conway HallReviewed 21 April 2024Playing of extraordinary vividness and presence by the Norwegian ensemble in a programme moving from Mozart and Fanny Mendelssohn to Bartok and contemporary Norwegian compose Maja RatkjeThe Engegård Quartet (Arvid Engegård, Laura Custodio Sabas, Juliet Jopling, Jan Clemens Carlsen) was at Conway Hall on Sunday 21 April 2024 as part of a UK tour which sees the quartet giving the BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert on 26 April from LSO St Luke's. At Conway Hall, the Norwegian ensemble played a programme that began with Mozart's Quartet No.22 in B♭ "Prussian" K.589 followed by Bartok's Quartet No.3 Sz.85, then A Tale of Lead and Light by contemporary Norwegian composer Maja Ratkje and finally Fanny Mendelssohn's Quartet in E flat. Before the concert, I gave a talk Three Contrasting Composers, exploring Fanny Mendelssohn, Bartok and Maja Ratkje and […]
2024-04-22 10:00:48
Happy 89th birthday mezzo-soprano Fiorenza Cossotto The post appeared first on parterre box.
2024-03-19 04:00:00
Dussek: Complete Original Works for Piano Four-Hands (Duo Pleyel)
Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812)Grand Overture in C major, Op. 32Duo à quatre mains in C major ''Grande Sonate'' Op. 48 Three Sonatas, Op. 67 Three Fugues, Op. 64Duo Pleyel(Period Instruments.....from the wrong Period!)Linn Records CKD 642 (2021)Uses a Pleyel Piano from 1848[Flac & Scans]
2024-03-08 17:22:32
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