Upshaw/Ax |Classical review

Barbican, LondonThe last of Emanuel Ax's Chopin and Schumann anniversary concerts was a song recital with soprano Dawn Upshaw that involved a notable change of programme. Ax's aim has been to present commemorative commissions alongside both composers' work, and in this instance we were scheduled to hear something new from Osvaldo Golijov. Golijov, however, failed to deliver, "and we didn't know about it until late", as Upshaw coolly put it. She and Ax were bailed out by her friend Stephen Prutsm...

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