Category Archives: going to concerts
an invited audience
QCX8F7BA4GBJ EE5BNTGVNBT6 I attended a concert which was broadcast live as part of the BBC’s mammoth Schubertiad, Elisabeth Leonskaja playing the last two piano sonatas, D959 and D960, in the Assembly Rooms. The audience was not very large, and I … Continue reading
in the Pump Room
My husband and elder son went to a concert in the Pump Room, promoted by the Bath Recital Artists’ Trust. The performers were two school-age pianists from the RCM. The BRAT (if they will forgive my abbreviating it so) seem … Continue reading
Bath Mozartfest 2011 (4): the Hallé
The final Mozartfest event attended by family members was the concert in the Forum given by the Hallé Orchestra. There was a brief talk at the beginning which addressed the question of whether the orchestra had performed in Bath before; … Continue reading
Bath Mozartfest 2011 (3): Padmore/Watkins/Drake and Grace Francis
We snapped up a few tickets while the Festival was in progress and so ended up going to lots of concerts. Some of the family went to hear Mark Padmore in the Guildhall accompanied by Julius Drake and alongside Richard … Continue reading
Bath Mozartfest 2011 (2): Imogen Cooper and the Sitkovetsky Trio
Some family members went to hear Imogen Cooper (a regular at festivals in Bath) playing at the Assembly Rooms. As a pupil of Alfred Brendel’s, she is very much in the same tradition of unshowy interpretation. The least successful piece … Continue reading
Bath Mozartfest 2011 (1): The Sixteen
My first Mozartfest concert was The Sixteen in Bath Abbey. Having missed their ‘choral pilgrimage’ when it came to Wells a few weeks ago I wanted to catch them especially as they were doing Purcell. Purcell is in fact a … Continue reading
The Bath Recital Artists’ Trust
This organises a regular and well-advertised series of recitals in the Pump Room, given by up-and-coming performers. My husband received a pair of complimentary tickets to the piano recital by Christopher Guild – we’re not sure why. Perhaps they selected … Continue reading
Weber/Berlioz at the Proms
My husband went to the penultimate night of the Proms. It’s no longer invariably Beethoven 9; this time it was a semi-staged performance of Der Freischütz in the adaptation by Berlioz, which sets recitatives to music and uses Invitation to … Continue reading
Proms 57 and 60: Mozart piano concertos and big symphonies
Some others in the family went to Prom 57 on Saturday, this time going on spec and standing in the gallery. The Tonhalle Orchestra from Zurich under David Zinman began with the premiere of Cold Heat by Anders Hillborg, which … Continue reading
Prom 42: Swan Lake
Some others in the family went to hear Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre orchestra perform Swan Lake at the Proms – my elder son’s first Promenade concert. This went down well. We have a recording of the complete score, but … Continue reading