Wigmore Hall Monday lunchtime concert 28 January 2013

[Guest]

Christian Ihle Hadland, a BBC Radio 3 New Generation artist, whose Mozart piano concerto disc is praised by Caliban et al on the CD Review non-BaL CD thread, gives a lunchtime recital of
Mozart Piano Sonata in D K576 and Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pz9fw

[Nick Armstrong]

Christian Ihle Hadland, a BBC Radio 3 New Generation artist, whose Mozart piano concerto disc is praised by Caliban et al on the CD Review non-BaL CD thread, gives a lunchtime recital of
Mozart Piano Sonata in D K576 and Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pz9fw

Cooo blimey, thanks a lot for flagging this!!

(Anybody hear Yevgeny Sudbin last Monday / yesterday?)

[amateur51]

Cooo blimey, thanks a lot for flagging this!!

(Anybody hear Yevgeny Sudbin last Monday / yesterday?)

Not yet but thanks for the reminder ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...evgeny_Sudbin/

[Nick Armstrong]

Not yet but thanks for the reminder ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...evgeny_Sudbin/

I tuned in for the Chopin and the Scriabin which was scheduled to follow it according to the listings. Chopin v good indeed... Then I thought: blimey, Scriabin was having an off day, this is awful... Turns out he'd switched the programme around, and the Chopin was followed by .... Liszt! (So my antipathy was confirmed by an unwitting 'blind tasting' !)

[Thropplenoggin]

(Anybody hear Yevgeny Sudbin last Monday / yesterday?)

Yes, but only the Scarlatti. Exquisitely played, I thought.

[Nick Armstrong]

So... did anyone hear the Hadland recital 'live' ?

[gradus]

Here I am and I'd like to record my thanks to R3 for relaying the programme to my home.
I enjoyed the music especially the Schubert largely because I didn't know the Mozart piece; one of those recitals where my attention was held but not captivated by what I heard. Perhaps because I had the good fortune to listen to a very fine pianist (Yuri Paterson Olenich) playing in a friend's home the week before and nothing compares to a live performance.

[amateur51]

This concert forms the core of the morning's listening today. I wasn't too chipper yesterday lunchtime but feel 'in the mood' now

[JFLL]

He sounded good, I thought (though at times a bit too fast for me in the first movt of D 959). I've just noticed that he was apparently playing on In Tune yesterday, according to Radio Times. Unfortunately the iPlayer doesn't give timings, but I think I might just skim through it and see what he has to say and play. Howard Goodall was also apparently also on, talking about Dunstable.

EDIT: He's on In Tune on the iPlayer at about 6 minutes in, talking and playing: the finale of Mozart K 311 piano sonata, the final movt of Bach’s Italian Concerto and (yes) the slow movt of Mozart’s piano concerto K 467 (recorded). Interestingly, he said he had been touting Dvorak’s Piano Concerto for years, but had found only one orchestra, BBC NOW, to play it with him. It’s not a work I know, I must say.

[gradus]

I heard him talking about the Dvorak pf conc and I can't remember hearing it, so I hope that the concert is broadcast.

[amateur51]

I enjoyed this recital generally but I did find one or two mannerisms that disturbed . He has a tendency to 'swallow' the end of a phrase at times. There was also a tendency to create bulges in the middle of a phrase which I found irritating. But he's clearly a very accomplished pianist.

But the most grievous error I felt was the way in which he seemed to gloss over the Andantino second movement, when the music goes 'mad' and appears to resemble a nervous breakdown (my description ) - I didn't get any of the sense of a mini-psychodrama that I have from Brendel, Uchida, Pollini, and others. He almost ignored or certainly underplayed the crucial silences that punctuate this movement. Perhaps the problem is mine and I need to listen again to his different approach. However, I felt let down.

I'll listen again and certainly I'll follow further performances that he gives - I guess that I'm not on his wavelength yet?

[Nick Armstrong]

I enjoyed this recital generally but I did find one or two mannerisms that disturbed. He has a tendency to 'swallow' the end of a phrase at times. There was also a tendency to create bulges in the middle of a phrase which I found irritating. But he's clearly a very accomplished pianist.

Have yet to listen and will do so with interest.

Thanks to those above for flagging the In Tune appearance - will hunt for that

[Nick Armstrong]

I had the good fortune to listen to a very fine pianist (Yuri Paterson Olenich) playing in a friend's home

Blimey! He's great! I have him playing Rachmaninov's first piano sonata, a revelation. How come he was there, and what did you hear him play?

[gradus]

Yes he's a wonderful pianist and it was a birthday gift from a friend. Yuri and his wife, herself a very fine pianist played the 4 hand arrangement of Barber's Souvenirs suite - never heard it before and very charming, a couple of Rachmaninov pieces incl the Alla Marcia prelude (just as well the floor was strong), three Granados Spanish dances and a selection of Brahms Hungarian dances again in 4 hand arrangements. It was lovely and gave the Bechstein a real workout!

[Nick Armstrong]

Christian Ihle Hadland, a BBC Radio 3 New Generation artist, whose Mozart piano concerto disc is praised by Caliban et al on the CD Review non-BaL CD thread, gives a lunchtime recital of
Mozart Piano Sonata in D K576 and Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pz9fw

Refreshing this, as the repeat's coming up at 2pm