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Joanna MacGregor, Wigmore Hall/ Sol Picó, Sadler's Wells Theatre
Joanna MacGregor, Wigmore Hall/ Sol Picó, Sadler's Wells Theatre
The double-decker evening - follow a dance show with a late concert
Sunday, 26 June 2011
Joanna MacGregor: She turned Bach and Shostakovich into something like electronic piano music
The two-course evening out is made possible by the Wigmore Hall’s late Friday-night concerts, so if you get out of a central-London show - or dinner - by, say, 9.30, you can add a second layer of entertainment at 10. In my case, a ferociously poor hour spent at contemporary dance in Sadler’s Wells was offset by an hour with Joanna MacGregor in a stimulating splicing of Bach and Shostakovich piano music that at least offered something to think about, if not ultimate satisfaction. Evening not entirely wasted, then.
The two-course evening out is made possible by the Wigmore Hall’s late Friday-night concerts, so if you get out of a central-London show - or dinner - by, say, 9.30, you can add a second layer of entertainment at 10. In my case, a ferociously poor hour spent at contemporary dance in Sadler’s Wells was offset by an hour with Joanna MacGregor in a stimulating splicing of Bach and Shostakovich piano music that at least offered something to think about, if not ultimate satisfaction. Evening not entirely wasted, then.
The overpedalled soft-focus, where you long for pellucidity, seemed to me insufficient for either Bach or Shostakovich
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