Mendelssohn on Mull – review

Duart castle, MullMidway through the festival – a week-long residential for young professional string players – artistic director Levon Chilingirian made an announcement. "I'm glad to hear so many of you playing in the right way," he said. "Don't be tempted by the dark side." He later explained what that "dark side" sounds like: smothered in vibrato, excessively luxuriant bowing, no proper articulation or space between notes to breathe. The poster girl, he said, is Anne-Sophie Mutter, whose ...

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