Maidstone Symphony Orchestra (Susan Elkin reviews)
Mote Hall, Maidstone, 2 February 2019 Three big works meant an enlarged orchestra (85 players) which included four percussionists, piano, celeste and...
Mote Hall, Maidstone, 2 February 2019 Three big works meant an enlarged orchestra (85 players) which included four percussionists, piano, celeste and...
Steinway Hall, 29 January 2019 Haydn’s piano music is much less well known than his symphonies, choral works and chamber music but...
The Dome, Brighton, 20 January 2019 The highlight of this concert was an enjoyably intelligent account of Mendelssohn 3rd Symphony – the Scottish – with...
Barbican Hall, 7 January 2019 Inspired programming meant a whole concert full of powerful story telling which really showcased the ability of...
London Coliseum, 13 December 2018 An Elkin Christmas is not complete without a good Nutcracker and a decent Messiah (latter next week although I’m not reviewing...
A slightly less populist concert than MSO often presents, we began with Kodaly’s Dances of Galanta. Brian Wright observed in his introduction that...
On a personal level this was a very much a “been-there-done-that” sort of concert. Mozart’s Haffner symphony was the very first whole symphony I...
20 November, St Michael’s Church, Highgate This imaginatively programmed chamber concert opened and closed with substantial works (Beethoven String Trio in G...