Tag: Paul Watkins

L’Invitation Au Voyage – Exploring The Music Of France And Spain, Nash Ensemble & Juan Martín, Wigmore Hall, 6 March 2010

I think this might have been the first time we saw Juan Martín team up with The Nash Ensemble at the Wigmore Hall; something they do irregularly but resolutely.

Not all the sort of music we normally seek out – Janie prefers earlier stuff, but she is partial to a bit of flamenco guitar and Juan Martín sure provides that.

I am especially partial to a bit of De Falla and there was plenty of that on show.

This is a few months ahead of the Wigmore Hall’s on-line archive resource starting, but I have found an on-line review – Jim Pritchard for musicweb-international.com – click here- that sums up the concert very well.

Goodness knows what we ate afterwards. My guess – shawarmas.

Dvorak, Lutoslawski & Brahms At the Proms, Royal Albert Hall, 30 August 1997

I think The Duchess must have chosen this one. I don’t remember her being partial to a bit of Brahms, but she must have been. I am quite partial to Brahms too.

We heard:

  • Antonín Dvořák – Overture ‘Carnival’
  • Witold Lutosławski – Cello Concerto
  • Johannes Brahms – Symphony No 1 in C minor

The BBC stub for this prom can be seen by clicking here.

In truth I don’t remember this particular concert well. I was familiar with the Dvorak and Brahms pieces but not the Lutoslawski one. I’m not sure I am much the wiser having heard it.

Rick Jones was impressed:

Tadaaki Jones StandardTadaaki Jones Standard 01 Sep 1997, Mon Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com