31 guide 14-20 Oct 2017 music
Four of the best
Classical concerts
1
Polish Music Day
Violinist Jennifer
Pike (pictured) leads
a day of concerts
exploring five centuries
of Polish instrumental
and chamber music.
Pike kicks things off
with Penderecki’s
Capriccio for solo
violin; later there are
works by Lutosławski
and Szymanowski,
Wieniawski and Chopin,
as well as recent pieces
by Mikolaj Górecki and
Paulina Załubska.
Wigmore Hall, W1, Sat
2
Jeremy Denk
US pianist Jeremy
Denk is artist-in-
residence at Milton
Court this season,
and the centrepiece
of his first group of
appearances is an
all-day triptych of
themed concerts.
There’s a morning
sequence about death,
and an afternoon
one concerned with
keyboard virtuosity,
while the evening
has variations about
“Heartbreak ... and
Hope”.
Milton Court, Guildhall
School of Music, EC2,
Sun
3
Wexford Opera
festival
Wexford has built its
reputation on staging
forgotten operas,
but its 2017 season
opens with virtually
a repertory piece;
Cherubini’s Medea,
directed by Fiona Shaw
with Lise Davidson as
the tragic protagonist.
The other featured
works are genuine
rarities, though; Jacopo
Foroni’s Margherita, and
Risurrezione by Franco
Alfano.
National Opera House,
Wexford, Thu to 5 Nov4
Melos Sinfonia:
Written on Skin
George Benjamin’s opera
has led a charmed life
since its debut in 2012,
with performances at
Covent Garden, the
Metropolitan Opera and
beyond. Here, though, is
another take: a touring
production directed
by Jack Furness,
with Oliver Zeffman
conducting the Melos
Sinfonia.
West Road Concert Hall,
Cambridge, Thu; LSO St
Luke’s, EC1, FriAndrew Clements