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Tag: Elgar

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NSO’s Bruckner 7

June 16, 2017June 16, 2017 Fugue for Thought

featuring Wen-Sinn Yang, cello The NSO finished their concert season two years ago, in the spring of 2015, with Bruckner’s eighth symphony, a monumental work with which I was unfortunately not familiar enough to appreciate in full at the time. … Continue reading NSO’s Bruckner 7

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Elgar Piano Quintet in Am, op. 84

April 22, 2017April 21, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Coull String Quartet and Allan Schiller, piano; or below by the Sorrel Quartet with Ian Brown, piano Alice Elgar was quite right: it is a new urgency, pointed and refined by the discipline of writing chamber music, a … Continue reading Elgar Piano Quintet in Am, op. 84

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Oslo Philharmonic in Taipei

March 18, 2017March 18, 2017 Fugue for Thought

I was not prepared for such excellence. The last two years were big years for foreign ensembles coming to grace our concert hall. Truth be told, though, I’m sure there’s been a continuous string of five-star visitors, but it’s only been in … Continue reading Oslo Philharmonic in Taipei

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Elgar Symphony no. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 55

January 24, 2017January 7, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Colin Davis, or below with Davis and the Staatskapelle Dresden I’ll be honest: this is a work that really never made a single impression on me until I sat down to focus … Continue reading Elgar Symphony no. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 55

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Sir Edward Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83

January 21, 2017January 7, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Coull Quartet, or below by the Maggini String Quartet (do note that the video below is both the quartet and the quintet; the quartet itself is only about a half hour in performance) It is full of golden sounds … Continue reading Sir Edward Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83

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