Ikon Arts Blog tag:www.ikonarts.com,2010-06-14:/blog//9 2010-07-30T09:44:52Z Movable Type Pro 5.02 Shining reviews for 'Oleg Marshev in Recital' tag:www.ikonarts.com,2010:/blog//9.44 2010-07-29T17:24:14Z 2010-07-30T09:44:52Z Ikon Arts Management Oleg Marshev's recording of Liszt, Chopin and Scriabin continues to receive shining reviews, despite his release of two more recent CDs. Patrick Lam states that Marshev conveys '[Liszt's] music's descriptive power...splendidly', enhances the melodic flows of Chopin with 'coy diminuendi and teasing rubati' and convincingly 'weaves together [Scriabin's] shimmering colours' to make Oleg Marshev in Recital: Liszt, Chopin and Scriabin 'a delightful disc and a must'.
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]]> The Tippett Quartet is 'On Top Form'! tag:www.ikonarts.com,2010:/blog//9.42 2010-07-12T11:04:55Z 2010-07-20T12:08:09Z Ikon Arts Management In a recent review of Howard Goodall's Pelican in the Wilderness, featuring the Enchanted Voices and the Tippett Quartet, Gramophone finds the Tippett Quartet to be 'on top form'!  Click here to read the article ]]> Wallfisch Band - live in concert tag:www.ikonarts.com,2010:/blog//9.41 2010-06-29T10:18:40Z 2010-06-29T10:49:29Z Ikon Arts Management
Watch the Wallfisch Band live (with Elizabeth Wallfisch directing from the violin)  in concert in Coutances, France in April 2010 playing the Telemann double concerto for violin in G major 




See YouTube for further videos of the Wallfisch Band live ]]> Raphael Wallfisch - new CD of British music for Cello and Piano tag:www.ikonarts.com,2010:/blog//9.39 2010-06-24T16:38:06Z 2010-06-24T16:46:37Z Ikon Arts Management
Esteemed cellist Raphael Wallfisch further enhances his reputation of recordings of British composers with his new CD of British Music for Cello and Piano with pianist Raphael Terroni. 



]]> The Wallfisch Band "professional baroque music-making at the highest level" tag:www.ikonarts.com,2010:/blog//9.38 2010-06-23T14:06:40Z 2010-06-23T14:32:58Z Ikon Arts Management The Wallfisch Band's debut at the Wigmore Hall last week was described as "professional baroque music-making at the highest level". Conducted by living legend Gustav Leonhardt they provided "superbly stylish accounts" and a "memorable concert given with huge commitment and assured expertise from all concerned". Click here to read the article in Musical Pointers by Peter Grahame Woolf. 

This follows the release of their new CD of Telemann Violin Concertos on CPO


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]]> David Owen Norris sells out at Cheltenham Festival tag:www.ikonarts.com,2010:/blog//9.32 2010-06-16T09:28:38Z 2010-06-16T10:13:58Z Ikon Arts Management Ultimate Piano Lesson' at Cheltenham Science Festival last week, his performance at Harrogate International Festival on the 19th July is set to be equally popular.  Read more here about David's performance entitled 'A Time-Machine from 1781 - An afternoon with a Square Piano'.
]]> Stile Antico's Prom SOLD OUT tag:www.ikonarts.com,2010:/blog//9.31 2010-06-15T16:52:39Z 2010-06-15T16:55:40Z Stile Antico's debut performance at the BBC Proms has already sold out, mere weeks after being on sale. The concert is on Monday 23rd August at Cadogan Hall, and showcases the group's award-winning CD and concert programme 'Song of Songs'.... Ikon Arts Management BBC Proms has already sold out, mere weeks after being on sale. The concert is on Monday 23rd August at Cadogan Hall, and showcases the group's award-winning CD and concert programme 'Song of Songs'. Click here for the listing.]]> Further praise for 'Media Vita' tag:www.ikonarts.com,2010:/blog//9.23 2010-04-11T23:18:42Z 2010-06-14T23:19:19Z Stile Antico's latest disc 'Media Vita' continues to receive the highest critical acclaim, the latest being from Gramophone Magazine (May 2010). Click the image to read the full review.... Administrator Stile Antico's latest disc 'Media Vita' continues to receive the highest critical acclaim, the latest being from Gramophone Magazine (May 2010). Click the image to read the full review.

]]> VOCES8 5 Star Review in Birmingham Alabama News tag:www.ikonarts.com,2010:/blog//9.22 2010-02-18T00:16:47Z 2010-06-14T23:18:09Z '5 stars out of five' says the Birmingham Alabama News about VOCES8 in a recent review of their concert with Birmingham Boys Choir on Tuesday 16th February.'the double quartet was as polished and British as a new pair of... Administrator '5 stars out of five' says the Birmingham Alabama News about VOCES8 in a recent review of their concert with Birmingham Boys Choir on Tuesday 16th February.

'the double quartet was as polished and British as a new pair of patent leather shoes from Harrods's'... with a 'pristine British choral sound'.

'There was virtually no style or technique that the group didn't own outright... Voces8 treated the audience to tight, lush jazz harmonies, rock and jazz drumming, vocalized upright bass (both slapped and plucked) and what added up to a pretty decent music appreciation lecture in between numbers'.

Click here to read the full review

]]> VOCES8 on Minnesota Public Radio tag:www.ikonarts.com,2010:/blog//9.21 2010-02-04T00:15:26Z 2010-06-14T23:16:10Z VOCES8 and friends the Rose Ensemble talk to John Birge on Minnesota Public Radio (February 4, 2010) about Italian Renaissance choral music and the differences between northern and southern Italian compositions ahead of their joint concerts together this week.Click... Administrator VOCES8 and friends the Rose Ensemble talk to John Birge on Minnesota Public Radio (February 4, 2010) about Italian Renaissance choral music and the differences between northern and southern Italian compositions ahead of their joint concerts together this week.

Click here to hear the interview

]]> Beatboxing for beginners: guardian.co.uk video tag:www.ikonarts.com,2010:/blog//9.20 2010-01-18T00:09:14Z 2010-06-14T23:13:15Z Watch Guardian journalist Paul MacInnes get a lesson in beatboxing from the Swingle Singers' Kevin Fox; performed in front of a sell-out crowd on the opening night of the first-ever London A Cappella Festival in January.... Administrator Watch Guardian journalist Paul MacInnes get a lesson in beatboxing from the Swingle Singers' Kevin Fox; performed in front of a sell-out crowd on the opening night of the first-ever London A Cappella Festival in January.

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