by admin | Jan 18, 2019 | Reviews 2018/19
I’m sure I’ve said this before, but, much as I love the saxophone (in all sizes) as a solo instrument, a quartet is more problematic. Unless the composer/arranger, and/or the players, is/are careful, the sound can end up just too homogeneous to be really interesting....
by admin | Dec 7, 2018 | Reviews 2018/19
The Zelkova Quartet, making its third visit to Derby Chamber Music, once again impressed with the players’ taut ensemble, expressive command and sheer vitality.It was a programme of quiet, unassuming openings, in their different ways. One of Haydn’s more sombre...
by admin | Nov 9, 2018 | Reviews 2018/19
Standing in a very short notice for an indisposed Alexandra Vaduva, pianist Dominic Degavino impressed with his remarkably mature musicianship.He began with Janáček’s From the Street, 1.X.1905, the two surviving movements of a piece written to commemorate the death of...
by admin | Sep 1, 2018 | Reviews 2018/19
The thing with Beethoven is, you have to watch out for the booby-traps. There are plenty in his ‘Archduke’ Trio (Op 97 in B flat), but the Aquinas Trio, whose cellist (and patron of DCM) is Derby-born Katherine Jenkinson, proved to be a match for all the sudden...