"It’s striking how, when violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, cellist Isang Enders and pianist Qu Qian come together as the Sitkovetsky Trio, they celebrate their bold solo personalities while also producing one of the most supremely blended trio strings sounds around."
Charlotte Gardner hears the performance of Clara Schumann, Mendelssohn and Beethoven at London’s Wigmore Hall on 25 July 2024
Photo credit: Wigmore Hall Trust 2024
"It’s distinctive, and London’s chamber fans know it, meaning that not only did they pack the Wigmore Hall on 25 July despite serious competition from the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, but this audience expressed its pleasure with Proms-like abandon, applauding between movements, and cheering the roof off after each half."
"The Mendelssohn saw the trio spotlighting the piece’s darker side with touching tenderness, counterbalanced with big-boned drama and sparkling piano. The Scherzo of the ‘Archduke’ was a personality-rich peach over which each waltz reprise came newly coloured."
Excerpts from review by Charlotte Gardner for The Strad
Read review in full here.
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