All Saint-Saëns articles
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ReviewReview: Alexi Kenney masterclass
Bruce Hodges watches the violinist’s workshop on at the Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin, ME, US, on 9 July 2024 as part of the Bowdoin Festival
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Blogs‘They won’t take art from us. Art goes on’ – cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras on his experiences in Kyiv
The French cellist gives The Strad his thoughts on performing in the Ukrainian capital on 19 August
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ReviewBruno Philippe: Fauré, Franck, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns
Plenty to admire here, with Poulenc’s underrated sonata stealing the show
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ReviewMaria Dueñas: Beethoven and Beyond
An attention-grabbing debut from serial competition winner Maria Dueñas
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ReviewCecilia Zilliacus: Saint-Saëns
Plenty of pleasure to be found in violin sonatas by a French master
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ReviewBrodsky Quartet, Laura van der Heijden: Golden Oldies – More Favourite Encores
A joyous jumble of encores from an ever-youthful quartet
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ReviewEfrem Zimbalist: The Auer Legacy
Stellar playing from a violin legend leaves a reviewer wanting more
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ReviewConcert review: Grace Park (violin) Joseph Liccardo (piano)
Bruce Hodges attends the all-French recital at New York’s Weill Recital Hall on 13 December 2021
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ReviewJinjoo Cho: Saint-Saëns
Deliciously supple playing from soloist and orchestra in a composer tribute
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ReviewAstrig Siranossian: Saint-Saëns
Affection for the music shines through in a tribute for composer’s centenary
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ReviewDaniel Müller-Schott: Four Visions of France
German cellist brings an international feel to collection of Gallic works
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ReviewReview round-up: BBC Proms 2021
Peter Quantrill attends the cream of the strings crop during this year’s Proms season at the Royal Albert Hall
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ReviewReview round-up: Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe
David Kettle samples the best of the Scottish festivals’ strings-based programmes in August 2021, imaginatively refreshed and distilled for post-pandemic times
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ReviewSitkovetsky Trio: Ravel, Saint-Saëns
Perfectly judged, poised ensemble in lovingly sculpted French piano trios
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ReviewSteven Isserlis: Music from Proust’s Salons
Isserlis and Shih’s Proustian programme is full of spontaneity and lyrical delight
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ReviewRenaud Capuçon, Edgar Moreau: Saint-Saëns
Three Frenchmen play music by their countryman with charm and brilliance
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ReviewIronwood: Romantic Dreams
Period-instrument ensemble plays French repertoire with sensitivity
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ReviewKanneh-Mason Family: Carnival
An enchanting tour de force from a stunningly gifted musical family
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ReviewVirgil Boutellis-Taft: Incantation
Intimate and inward-looking playing perfectly suits a memorable recital programme
