by Kenneth Woods | Sep 17, 2018 | cello, News and Reviews
A rave review in the October 2018 issue of BBC Music Magazine “The Briggs Trio responds to the style with enormous affection, following the mood changes from passionate to witty with eagle ears, and it sounds as if they have been living with the music for a long...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 16, 2018 | A view from the podium, Bobby and Hans, News and Reviews
Ken’s most recent recording as a cellist with the Briggs Piano Trio, an Avie Records disc of trios by Hans Gál and Dmitri Shostakovich, has been awarded the coveted Gramophone Magazine Editor’s Choice for October 2018. Here is the review from critic...
by Kenneth Woods | May 26, 2017 | Explore the Score
Hans Gal (1890-1987) Concertino for Cello and Strings, opus 87 Hans Gál- Concertino for Cello and Strings, Solo Cello Works, Avie Records £12.00 Hans Gál was born in the small village of Brunn am Gebirge, just outside Vienna. He studied with some of the foremost...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 2, 2016 | Bobby and Hans, News and Reviews
We’re all very, very pleased and proud to see Sarah Beth Briggs’ wonderful AVIE Records recording of piano concerti by Mozart and Hans Gál get a Gramophone Magazine Critic’s Choice of 2016 from Guy Rickards in the year-end issue of the magazine....
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 12, 2016 | A view from the podium, Lists
Ever wonder what sort of concertos exist for the violin beyond the marvelous mainstays from Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Brahms and Sibelius? Well- there’s a lot out there. There are a number of tremendous 20th. C concerti that are now pretty well...
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