This post is one in a sequence which lists live music I have heard, as best my memory allows. I update this as time permits. In some cases, I am also motivated to write about what I heard.

Other posts in this collection can be found here.

• Juan Perez Floristan, piano recital at Wigmore Hall, Thursday 11 April 2024. The program was:
  • Ligeti: Musica ricercata (1951-3)
  • Alberto Ginastera: Danzas argentinas, Op. 2 (1937)
  • Musorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition (1874)

  For an encore, Mr Floristan played one of Schubert’s Moment Musicaux. The hall was about three-quarters full. This was a powerful and emotional recital, with very fine playing, especially in the Musorgsky. The dances by Ginastera were short with a variety of moods and emotions; they would each make a fine encore piece.

• Elias String Quartet in the first of 4 concerts of the String Quartets of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, Wigmore Hall, Sunday 7 April 2024.
  • Felix Mendelssohn: Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 Posth. (1847, 1847, 1843 and 1827)
  • Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E Flat (1834)
  • Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80 (1847)

• Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Bach’s Easter Oratorio and two cantatas at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London, Wednesday 27 March 2024.
  • Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen (Rejoice, you hearts), BWV 66
  • Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden (Stay with us, for evening falls) BWV 6
  • Oster-Oratorium, BWV 249

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