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The Latest Classical Music Reviews on The Arts Desk

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

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With examples of what we can enjoy right now, as well as what we can expect to see this year, the world of classical music has been looked at by The Arts Desk.

Stephan Walsh flags up a modest yearly classical festival tucked away in Monmouthshire. Gathering for the Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival every January are young professional musicians in St Briavel’s Castle. It’s the brainchild of pianist Daniel Tong and violinist Fiona McNaught, and began life as a pleasurable retreat from busy concert schedules for those who love playing chamber music.

Next is the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s disc of pieces by oft-overlooked composer Elizabeth Maconchy. Maconchy was a pupil of Vaughan Williams, though her style is edgy, gritty and surprisingly un-English. And finally Vaughan Williams himself gets a look in as Sir Mark Elder and the Halle Orchestra tackle his London Symphony. Rickson was of the opinion that this symphony shouldn’t really work and yet it truly does, especially when played as well as it is here.

Graham Rickson provides a weekly round-up of the latest classical CD releases. First up is a disc of Bach’s keyboard concertos with Alexandre Theraud playing piano alongside the Les Violons du Roy chamber orchestra. The technical skill and energy on display here often dazzles and delights and together they produce a unique sound.

It promises to be a bumper season at the Barbican throughout 2012 with the centre celebrating its 30th birthday this year and all eyes turning to London for the Olympics in the summer. Among the theatre, dance and new music on offer, the classical highlights at the Barbican in 2012 include appearances by Nico Muhly and Sufjan Stevens, an evening commemorating the sinking of the Titanic a century ago, a series of concerts by the visiting New York Philharmonic.

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