Much cello loveliness coming up in London:
Steven Isserlis and Joshua Bell and more doing Russian chamber music
Thursday 10 April, Wigmore Hall
Gautier Capuçon (oh, and his brother and Helene Grimaud) plays the Brahms’ Cello Concerto
Thursday 17 April, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Endymion (eight cello ensemble) plays all sorts of things, like Bach arranged by Villa-Lobos, Xenakis and Steve Reich
Sunday 27 April, Purcell Room
Gautier Capuçon and others playing Brahms, Beethoven and Fauré trios
Sunday 18 May, Wigmore Hall
Steve Isserlis and András Schiff doing Bach, Janacek, Kodály and more
Monday 26 May, Wigmore Hall
Pieter Wispelwey (his recording of the Bach Suites recently voted number one over on Cello Geek) plays Dvorák’s Cello Concerto with Budapest Festival Orchestra
Friday 6 June, Royal Festival Hall
Whew… there is more, but I can barely keep on top of it all!
