Vienna, 1785. Johann Friedrich Schink is blown away by a new work featuring the new-fangled clarinet and basset horn. ‘Oh, what a glorious effect it made – glorious and great, excellent and sublime!’ he writes of Mozart’s Serenade 'Gran Partita’.Eighteenth-century Vienna was abuzz with musical inventions. From the mellifluous clarinet (and its dark, idiosyncratic cousin, […]
The string quartets of Haydn and Beethoven are at the heart of the chamber music repertoire, works to which we return time and again, because they are, quite simply, timeless. Haydn’s ‘Rider’ Quartet, written by a master at the peak of his powers, and Beethoven’s third ‘Razumovsky’ Quartet have been a solace to generations of […]
What’s in a name? Trio Isimsiz’s name comes from the Turkish for ‘without name’ or ‘anonymous’. In other words, for Trio Isimsiz it is all about the music.Pianist Erdem Mısırlıoğlu, violinist Pablo Hernán Benedíand cellist Edvard Pogossian met at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2008 and built their craft at festivals from […]
Everything about Piotr Anderszewski is extraordinary: the virtuosity, the originality, and a constant questioning of his work as a performer. The Polish-Hungarian concert pianist brings a restless curiosity to everything he does, whether as a recitalist, a recording artist, a composer or even as a film director. He can zoom in, finessing the tiniest detail […]