My husband went to a couple of concerts in the Bath Festival, both given by performers who clearly enjoyed what they were doing.<\/p>\n
Roman Rabinovich did a cycle of Haydn sonatas at St Michael’s Church. These were good performances given in a plain unshowy style on a modern piano. They were at a rather unusual time – mid-morning on weekdays, with coffee served. He gave brief spoken introductions to the sonatas, commenting that he felt Haydn was underrated. He played off a tablet with a scan of the score which scrolled to the right place as he played – even going back for a repeat! It must have been carefully coordinated with the speed of his playing (or possibly controlled by a page-turner planted in the audience or offstage?)<\/p>\n
Roderick Williams’ Schwanengesang in the Assembly Rooms was excellent – he took more notice of the audience than Lieder singers often do. Some interpreters are quite harsh on, for example, Der Doppelg\u00e4nger<\/i>; Williams was more lyrical. Iain Burnside’s accompaniment was thoughtful and unobtrusive. The only criticism was that the pitch might have been slightly higher than optimal for him.<\/p>\n
The only other part of the Festival I was involved with was the ‘Party in the City’ which this year was a couple of days in. My church hosted some groups, for the first time and after dropping some flyers there I went off to the school’s annual bash at Green Park Station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My husband went to a couple of concerts in the Bath Festival, both given by performers who clearly enjoyed what they were doing. Roman Rabinovich did a cycle of Haydn sonatas at St Michael’s Church. These were good performances given … Continue reading