| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 18-May-2013 Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall | Bach, Schumann and Schubert with Borletti-Buitoni Trust artists at Southbank Centre |
 A series of three concerts over the course of one weekend, designed to reflect upon and champion the work of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, which has supported a significant number of worthy performers in its first ten years, was always going to present an interesting range of repertoire – if not something of a conundrum for those planning the programming of the concerts. Originally, Saturday’s concert was to have drawn together rather neatly the ensemble works of Mozart and Schubert, contrasted with interlinking sets of songs by Brahms and Mahler.Read full review... | |
| 5-Apr-2012 Alexander Hall: Richardson Auditorium | Jonathan Biss: Ludwig and Beethoven in Princeton |
 Thursday, composer David Ludwig joined Princeton audiences to hear Jonathan Biss perform his newly-penned Lunaire Variations in Richardson Auditorium. Ludwig’s piano cycle, though the shortest work on the program, became the centerpiece of Biss’ recital, which also featured works by Janáček and Beethoven.
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| 1-Mar-2012 Wigmore Hall | The Elias Quartet perform Haydn, Sibelius and Dvořák |
 In what would turn out to be a concert of two very distinct halves, the Elias Quartet impressed in the cosy confines of Wigmore Hall. After a full ‘daily grind’, arriving at this cocoon of a hall – where outside noise is absent, save for the occasional underground rumble – felt like a real treat. Here was a chance to sink into some cosy chamber music to wash over the listener – or maybe not. The first half consisted of a quartet in unusual form by Haydn, and Sibelius’ 1909 piece Voces Intimae: both pieces which demanded concentrated listening.
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| 1-Dec-2011 Boston Symphony Hall | Harbison's Symphony no. 5 in Boston: A meditation on loss |
 There is an electric guitar on stage at Boston's Symphony Hall, and it is not a Pops concert.
John Harbison's Symphony no. 5 for baritone, mezzo-soprano and orchestra up-ends what we think of as a symphony, presenting the voice as an instrument and recalibrating the form.Read full review... | |
