The Hallé - Homage to Schubert

After Tabita Berglunds Hallé visit last season,The Guardianpraised her for the smiling warmth and boundless energy of the performances. Shes joined by fellow Norwegian, Håvard Gimse, whose awards include the Grieg, Sibelius andDiapason dorprizes. He makes his Hallé debut with Beethovens Emperor Concerto, a work succinctly described by Alfred Brendel as having a grand and radiant vision, a noble vision of freedom. Dobrinka Tabakovas tribute to Schubert arose from the opening of his Fantasy for violin and piano with its really delicate kind of shimmer and tremor, then the absolute heavenly melody arising from it. Although Unfinished, what remains of Schuberts Eighth Symphony is sheer perfection, as the critic Hanslick instinctively recognised: everywhere the same warmth, the same golden sunshine that makes the buds grow.