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[HighlandDougie]

Gripping performance of the DSCH 11 on right now. Once again though I singularly fail to connect with Jonathan Biss’ pianism.

Not quite sure why? I really enjoyed his performance. Concert overall was terrific - almost got me liking the generally sub-fusc DSCH 11th. Good BBC engineering as well.

[Roger Webb]

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Agreed about the sound....unusually I listened on my 'big' system in my chilly music room via 'Sounds' - the woodburner's in the TV snug, but the system's not as good! I listen to fewer BBC evening concerts now since the BBC's decision to prevent listening via streamers.

[edashtav]

If you’ve missed it on no account miss this DSCH11!

Fabulous playing from all sections of the orchestra and Hrusa a man inspired.

I have doubts about #11, but this performance scattered them to the four winds. No stone was left unturned and then the bells of Liverpool arrived!

[Ein Heldenleben]

If you’ve missed it on no account miss this DSCH11!

Fabulous playing from all sections of the orchestra and Hrusa a man inspired.

Yes indeed . Hrusa also conducted the recent Jenufa revival at Covent Garden. The reception he got from the orchestra at both rehearsal and third performance was warmer than I’ve seen in many a long day.

[Ein Heldenleben]

Gripping performance of the DSCH 11 on right now. Once again though I singularly fail to connect with Jonathan Biss’ pianism.

He played that first movement very fast , very dry, with a lot of staccato (too much ?) and on a piano with a few duff thudding notes. It needed bit more fantasy . But my word he’s a virtuoso ..

[AuntDaisy]

Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert are on now...

The English Concert at Wigmore Hall
Radio 3 in Concert

Trevor Pinnock directs The English Concert in a programme inspired by the box office hit that was Corelli's Concerti grossi in Handel's London. Handel then ran with the Corelli model, importing other Italian influences to Georgian Britain. They're joined by Clara Espinosa Encinas for Handel's Oboe Concerto in G minor, and Lucy Crowe for some ravishing vocal works.

Recorded at Wigmore Hall last month, and presented by Andrew McGregor

Corelli: Concerto grosso in C minor, Op.6'3
Handel: Oboe Concerto in G minor, HWV.287
Handel: Salve Regina, HWV.241

Interval

Handel: Concerto grosso in D major, HWV.323
Handel: Silete venti, HWV.242

Clara Espinosa Encinas (oboe)
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (director)

From 30/1/2025, more info here including the programme & song text.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027m42

[Roger Webb]

A real treat this one - lovely clean textures, brisk, a bit like old days with Trevor Pinnock...what a force he was with this band when he came on the scene - I still play his Bach and his Mozart Syms...they still sound so fresh today.

Nicely engineered too, as is the norn in this hall.

[AuntDaisy]

A real treat this one - lovely clean textures, brisk, a bit like old days with Trevor Pinnock...what a force he was with this band when he came on the scene - I still play his Bach and his Mozart Syms...they still sound so fresh today.

I'm thoroughly enjoying it as well.

[Ein Heldenleben]

A real treat this one - lovely clean textures, brisk, a bit like old days with Trevor Pinnock...what a force he was with this band when he came on the scene - I still play his Bach and his Mozart Syms...they still sound so fresh today.

Nicely engineered too, as is the norn in this hall.

I can’t hear a norn but Lucy Crowe is singing beautifully..

[Roger Webb]

I can’t hear a norn but Lucy Crowe is singing beautifully..

The norn Götterdamagedlung so Lucy took over at short notice!

[Alison]

He played that first movement very fast , very dry, with a lot of staccato (too much ?) and on a piano with a few duff thudding notes. It needed bit more fantasy . But my word he’s a virtuoso ..

Yes good summary. The articulation is often awesome yet it leaves me stone cold. The Schubert encore showed the same qualities.

[Ein Heldenleben]

Yes good summary. The articulation is often awesome yet it leaves me stone cold. The Schubert encore showed the same qualities.

I hope he didn’t play the Gflat impromptu staccato ! It’s one of the great legato pieces also the challenge of separating the floating melody largely played by the fourth and fifth fingers from that rippling triplet accompaniment played by 1,2,3 fingers. It’s probably only grade 7 but it’s a great pianistic test : It’s amazing how many great pianists make it lumpy . One who doesn’t : Radu Lupu …

PS for wonderful articulation listen to Pieromontesi’s Beethoven 4 on Classics Live yesterday. He’s masterful - reminds me of Solomon and I don’t say that lightly.

[silvestrione]

I thought the Philharmonia and Jarvi in Stravinsky's Petrushka last night were stunning, as was the sound quality of the broadcast. RFH so much better than Barbican?

[Ein Heldenleben]

I thought the Philharmonia and Jarvi in Stravinsky's Petrushka last night were stunning, as was the sound quality of the broadcast. RFH so much better than Barbican?

Completely agree - that Petrushka was incandescent. I was vaguely listening and said to myself my word those strings are good - I thought world class European orchestra and I was right ,,

[Ein Heldenleben]

Excellent piano recital from Alexander Gadjiev but surely that final encore was the G# minor octave etude by Scriabin and not by Horowitz as billed by Ian Skelly . He used to play it as an encore but as far as I’m aware he only ever arranged pieces - usually to make them more difficult.