Padmore/Kashkashian/De Guise-Langlois/Biss – review

Wigmore Hall, LondonJonathan Biss's two-concert residency at the Wigmore Hall centred on Schumann. This short series was not just a routine presentation of familiar pieces, though, but an attempt to place Schumann in a wider historical context. For this programme, Biss had recruited tenor Mark Padmore, viola player Kim Kashkashian and clarinettist Romie de Guise-Langlois for two mirror-like pairs of works: in the first, Schumann was the object of the tribute, while in the second it was Schuma...

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