The Times
"Benjamin Grosvenor, one of the most poetic of a new generation of pianists, led a tender and wittily elusive performance of the composer's enigmatic last piano concerto, No.27"
Read MoreBenjamin Grosvenor directs
Bradford on Avon
Cambridge
Norwich
London
23 – 01 May 2016
Bartok
String Quartet No. 2 (2nd movement)
Elena Langer
Story of an Impossible Love (World premiere tour)
Mozart
Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat major, K595
Strauss
Metamorphosen
Artists
Benjamin Grosvenor
director/piano
Jacqueline Shave
violin/director
Summary
In a long list of outstanding young composers and musicians to have worked with Britten Sinfonia, few come with a higher pedigree than pianist Benjamin Grosvenor. Still only 23 years old, he makes his Britten Sinfonia debut, directing from the keyboard Mozart’s last Piano Concerto No. 27 in a concert that also celebrates Britten Sinfonia’s charismatic leader Jacqueline Shave’s first decade with the orchestra.
Reviews
The Guardian
"The lyrical warmth of the result held an immediate appeal while maintaining an essential ambiguity that avoided any suggestion of the facile, demonstrating Langer’s ability to connect spontaneously without sacrificing subtlety."
Read MoreIndependent
"Story of an Impossible Love was an appealingly tonal concoction, a sort of Brief Encounter for oboe and violin."
Read MoreThe Telegraph
"It’s a complex piece to play without a conductor, but these players turn this lack to advantage, by listening as hard as they play. The result was a performance of spell-binding intensity."
Read MoreThoroughly Good blog
"Haunting melodic lines in the oboe, chilling decorations in the piccolo, and seductive string textures underpinned what was a compelling work."
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