Mendelssohn & Enescu: String Octets (Diary 2023-07-24)

Media Review (Listening Diary) — Gringolts Quartet and Meta4 performing Mendelssohn Octet op.20 & Enescu String Octet op.7; comparisons with Emerson String Quartet (Mendelssohn), Merel Quartet & Castalian String Quartet (Mendelssohn), and Vilde Frang & Friends (Enescu)
Blog post #649 — #rolfsmblog •

Esther Hoppe, Chiara Enderle, Luisa Splett — Winterthur-Veltheim, 2023-03-05

Concert review, ★★★★, Esther Hoppe, Chiara Enderle Samatanga, Luisa Seraina Splett @ Kirchgemeindehaus, Winterthur-Veltheim, 2023-03-05 — Mel Bonis (1858 – 1937): Piano Trio “Soir-Matin”, op.76 (1907); Dora Pejačević (1885 – 1923): Piano Trio in C major, op.29 (1910); Lili Boulanger (1893 – 1918): Piano Trio “D’un soir triste” (1917/1918); Rebecca Clarke (1886 – 1979): Piano Trio (1921)
Blog post #644 — #rolfsmblog •

Bostridge, Zehetmair — Winterthur, 2016-12-04

Concert review, Stadthaus Winterthur, 2016-12-04: Ian Bostridge, Thomas Zehetmair and the Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur playing Franz Schubert’s cycle “Winterreise”, op.89, D.911, in the 1993 version for voice and small orchestra by Hans Zender (1936 – 2019)

Bavouzet, Noseda — Zurich Opera, 2016-02-21

Concert review, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet & Gianandrea Noseda / Philharmonia Zurich, Opera Zurich, 2016-02-21 — Respighi, Antiche danze ed arie, Suite #3; Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No.3; Rachmaninoff, Symphony No.3