Laurence Crane, Debussy, Shostakovich, Piazzolla et al at Southbank

[Rosie55]

Did anyone else catch this concert at the Purcell Roo 2 weeks ago featuring soprano Anne Sophie Duprels, Brodowski Quartet and Andrew Matthews-Owen piano?

http://www.musicalpointers.co.uk/reviews/liveevents11/AnneSophieDuprels.html

[gradus]

Looks like a programme I would have enjoyed if it had been broadcast, what did you make of it?

[Rosie55]

It worked very well I thought,varied but with clear thematic links. As the above review details, all the performers were very fine indeed. Debussy and Shostakovich were particularly memorable.
I enjoyed hearing a new song by Charlotte Bray but the other new songs left me a little undecided. The Piano Quintet by Lawrence Crane had some 'moments' but it rather dragged on and on, as if ramming home an idea rather than taking it somewhere truly memorable. Glad I heard it tho.
I bought my ticket as I thought Claire Booth was singing, but French soprano Anne Sophie Duprels did a very good job.