| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 21-Feb-2013 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh | Piotr Anderszewski and Alexander Janiczek with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
 This creative SCO programme offered two works in either half, performed in reverse chronological order. Virtuoso violinist Alexander Janiczek directed the first of each pair, beginning with Schubert’s 1817 Overture in D major “In the Italian Style”, D.590. Conrad Wilson, whose supplied fine programme notes for the entire concert, described the work as Schubert’s response to a “Rossini frenzy that swept Vienna in 1816”. Taking this as a test case, the Italianising of Teutonic works seems to amount to a lightening of touch.Read full review... | |
| 1-Jun-2011 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh | Words and Music |
 Many writers dream of having letters after their name, particularly if those letters are -esque. The idea that one's prose style prompts recognition and imitation has an obvious appeal. Few could have been more surprised at attracting this suffix than Franz Kafka (1883–1924) who, having had no novels published in his lifetime urged, without success, the posthumous destruction of his opus.Read full review... | |
