Tag Archives: Schumann

Bath Mozartfest 2023

I’m going to deal with this year’s Mozartfest fairly quickly because I have quite a backlog to get through (I’m writing this some time after the event, as with rather too many blog entries this year). This year the Festival … Continue reading

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Bath Festival 2023

I didn’t get to anything in this year’s Bath Festival – there are fewer classical concerts these days and it came at a busy time for me. However I have eye(?ear)witness reports on a couple of the concerts held in … Continue reading

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Mozartfest 2021 (1) – Lights!

I went to the first concert of the 2021 Bath Mozartfest in the Assembly rooms, the Cuarteto Casals and Paul Lewis. I do enjoy Saturday morning as a time for concerts, when I’m not tired after a day’s work and … Continue reading

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Mozartfest 2014 (2): Padmore/Emersons/Vertavo

There’s been a lot of music around (what a good thing) so it’ll be a whistle-stop tour through some of the other concerts we went to. Mark Padmore has performed at the Mozartfest before, and I will soon be sharing … Continue reading

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Mozartfest 2014 (1): Imogen Cooper and a twang from the Sitkovetskys

While the International Music Festival struggles, the Bath Mozartfest is thriving (and now described by its chairman as ‘Bath’s premier music festival’). Part of the reason for this is the well-established relationships with certain leading performers and groups, plus some … Continue reading

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Mozartfest 2013 – 1

We managed to fit in several concerts in this years’s Bath Mozartfest. We began on the Sunday night with Anthony Marwood (violin) and Aleksandar Madžar (piano) in the Assembly Rooms. This was quite a popular concert, which opened with Schumann’s … Continue reading

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A long day at the Proms

Saturday August 17th was a marathon as there were two Proms to go to. We arrived earlier than we needed to and found ourselves near the head of the queue, which put us among some of the hard-core queuers. This … Continue reading

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in which the rest of the family listens to Piazzolla

Actually I think it was just my husband who did so – he went to a recital at the Wigmore Hall by Bernanda Fink and her brother Marcos (accompanied by Anthony Spiri), singing a polyglot selection of songs. The novelty … Continue reading

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Mozartfest 2012 (3): what others in the family heard

Here’s a quick run-down of what other family members went to in the Bath Mozartfest 2012. My husband went to a lunchtime recital by Gautier Capuçon (cello) and Gabriela Montero. As well as works by Beethoven and Schumann, this included … Continue reading

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Mozartfest 2012 (2): Alisdair Beatson and the Jerusalem Quartet

I went to two more concerts in the Mozartfest. Firstly Alisdair Beatson played a song-inspired programme in the Guildhall. The centrepiece was Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy. I’m not sure I’d ever heard this live before. It was played with great vigour … Continue reading

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