Written in Paris in the 1920s, the motoric concerto chunters along irresistibly, exactly in the style of Bach’s Third Brandenburg Concerto, but with a wicked smile on its face and an alluring raise of its eyebrow.
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BBC SSO, City Halls, Glasgow
Pianist Piers Lane comprehensively stole the show at the BBC SSO’s second Bohemian Rhapsodies concert on Thursday night with his dazzling, bustling, hustling and terrifically entertaining account of Martinu’s First Piano Concerto.
