Review: Gruber: Busking; Violin Concerto No 1 (Hakan Hardenberger; violin: Katarina Andreasson; Swedish CO/Gruber)
In this concertante piece, banjo and accordion serve as continuo instruments but with plenty of soloistic flourishes.
August 23, 2011
Clive Paget is a former Limelight Editor, now Editor-at-Large, and a tour leader for Limelight Arts Travel. Based in London after three years in New York, he writes for The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, Musical America and Opera News. Before moving to Australia, he directed and developed new musical theatre for London’s National Theatre.
In this concertante piece, banjo and accordion serve as continuo instruments but with plenty of soloistic flourishes.