United Kingdom Debussy and Liszt, Kirill Gerstein (piano): 2.10.2020 performance live-streamed from Wigmore Hall, London, and available until 1.11.2020. (CC)
Exquisite control leads to an exquisite result for Kirill Gerstein’s Debussy and Liszt
Colin Clarke
Impeccable levels of imagination and confidence from Chanticleer Live in London via California
United States Live from London – Chanticleer’s Love Always: Live-streamed from San Francisco, California, 3.10.2020. (CC)
Danny Driver’s cleanliness of execution allows for maximal enjoyment at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom C. P. E. Bach, Ligeti, Schumann, Danny Driver (piano): Wigmore Hall, London, 1.10.2020. (CC)
Only two concerts were possible in this year’s abandoned ‘ARMENIA’ International Music Festival
Armenia ‘ARMENIA’ International Music Festival: Sport and Concert Complex after Karen Dmirchyan, Yerevan, Armenia, 24-26.9.2020. (CC)
What is important for Stile Antico Live from London is the music and it was ravishing
United Kingdom Live from London – Treasures of the English Renaissance: Stile Antico. Streamed as live from London’s VOCES8 Foundation, 26.9.2020. (CC)
Composer Alexey Shor in conversation with Colin Clarke
It is an exciting time for composer Alexey Shor. I personally first came across his music on a Delos release entitled Classical Music Stars in Malta in which four of his chamber pieces (Farewell Nocturne; Addio; King Matt the First; Coming of Age) shared disc space with music by Ilya Dimov, Khachaturian, Joseph Vella, and the fabulous Handel/Halvorsen Passacaglia. Then, the superstar violinist Maxim Vengerov, no less, performed Shor’s St. Elmo Barcarolle at the Barbican in January this year under the baton of a conductor who is a tireless champion of Shor’s music, Sergey Smbatyan (review); and Vengerov’s encore, after Bruch’s First Violin Concerto and Ravel’s Tzigane, was another work by Shor: his Elegy for violin and orchestra.
Listening to The Sixteen reflects the sheer joy of hearing music Live from London again
United Kingdom Live from London – Music for Reflection: The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (director), with Antonia Christophers (narrator). King’s Place, London, 19.9.2020. (CC)
Live from London: Apollo5’s wide-ranging programme on the subject of love
United Kingdom Live from London – Where All Roses Go: Apollo5 (Penelope Appleyard, Clare Stewart [sopranos], Josh Cooter, Oli Martin-Smith [tenors], Greg Link [bass]). VOCES8 Centre, London, 11.9.2020. (CC)
